Cervical incompetence prevention randomized cerclage trial: Emergency cerclage with bed rest versus bed rest alone

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 907-910

  Althuisius, Sietske M ^a   Dekker, Gustaaf A ^b   Hummel, Pieter ^c   Van Geijn, Herman P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Cervical incompetence; Emergency cerclage; Preterm delivery; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDOMETACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BED REST; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 0242425775     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)00718-X     Document Type: Article

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