Caesarean section in term nulliparous women at Wellington Hospital in 2001: A regional audit

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1206, 2004, Pages

  Sangalli, Michel ^a   Guidera, Alice ^a  

^a Women's Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSTOCIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; NEWBORN; PARITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 16644371849     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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