Risk factors for cesarean delivery at presentation of nulliparous patients in labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1352-1357

  Wilkes, Paul T ^a   Wolf, Douglas M ^a   Kronbach, David W ^a   Kunze, Mirjam ^a   Gibbs, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NULLIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 0345549566     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obstetgynecol.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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