Bishop score and risk of cesarean delivery after induction of labor in nulliparous women

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 690-697

  Vrouenraets, Francis P J M ^a,b   Roumen, Frans J M E ^a   Dehing, Cary J G ^a   Van Den Akker, Eline S A ^a   Aarts, Maureen J B ^a   Scheve, Esther J T ^a  

^a VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN CARE; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 15944428221     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000152338.76759.38     Document Type: Article

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