Cesarean section on request

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1820-1823

  Abushama, Mandy ^a   Ahmed, Badreldeen ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FETUS RISK; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INFECTION; NULLIPARA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PELVIS FLOOR; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CESAREAN SECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE EAST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 13844275815     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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