Episiotomy use among residents and faculty compared with private practitioners

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-118

  Howden, Nancy L S ^a   Weber, Anne M ^b   Meyn, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DATABASES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1242331479     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000103997.83468.70     Document Type: Review

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