Hospitalisation for bed rest for women with a triplet pregnancy: An abandoned randomised controlled trial and metal-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a   Crowther, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BED REST; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 26844529354     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-5-8     Document Type: Article

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