Aggressive or expectant management of labour: A randomised clinical trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 457-461

  Pattinson, R C ^a   Howarth, G R ^b   Mdluli, W ^b   Macdonald, A P ^b   Makin, J D ^c   Funk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0038060475     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02298.x     Document Type: Article

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