Uterine rupture: Risk factors and pregnancy outcome

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1042-1046

  Ofir, Keren ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Levy, Amalia ^a   Katz, Miriam ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Maternal morbidity; Perinatal mortality; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 0242677611     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0002-9378(03)01052-4     Document Type: Article

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