Elective primary cesarean delivery: Attitudes of urogynecology and maternal-fetal medicine specialists

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Wu, Jennifer M ^a   Hundley, Andrew F ^a   Visco, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UROLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 13644269554     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000151110.05801.c0     Document Type: Review

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