A randomised comparison of early versus late amniotomy following cervical ripening with a Foley catheter

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-172

  Levy, Roni ^a,c   Ferber, Asaf ^b   Ben Arie, Alon ^a   Paz, Beatrice ^a   Hazan, Ynon ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^a   Hagay, Zion J ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; MATERNITY WARD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AMNION; BALLOON DILATATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; TIME; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNION; BALLOON DILATATION; CERVICAL RIPENING; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0036482770     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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