Cephalopelvic disproportion is associated with an altered uterine contraction shape in the active phase of labor

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 739-742

  Althaus, Janyne E ^a   Petersen, Scott ^a   Driggers, Rita ^b   Cootauco, Alice ^a   Bienstock, Jessica L ^a   Blakemore, Karin J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalopelvic disproportion; Fall:Rise ratio; Tocodynamometry

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING; UTERUS;

EID: 33747877619     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.05.053     Document Type: Article

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