Experience with water births: A prospective longitudinal study of 9 years with almost 4,000 water births;Erfahrung mit der unterwassergeburt: Eine prospektive longitudinale studie über 9 jahre mit fast 4000 wassergeburten

Gynakologisch-geburtshilfliche Rundschau

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Geissbühler, Verena ^a   Eberhard, Jakob ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Frauenfeld   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fetal outcome; Infections; Maternal morbidity; Water birth

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIRTH INJURIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0037236753     PISSN: 10188843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067169     Document Type: Article

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