Non-elective caesarean section: How long do we take to deliver?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-81

  le Riche, Heloise ^a   Hall, David R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATION DURATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444399821     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh082     Document Type: Article

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