Outcomes of external cephalic version and breech presentation at term, an audit of deliveries at a Sydney tertiary obstetric hospital, 1997-2004

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1231-1238

  Nassar, Natasha ^a,c   Roberts, Christine L ^a   Cameron, Carolyn A ^a   Peat, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breech presentation; External cephalic version; Outcomes; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR; MALE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 33749331814     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600853651     Document Type: Article

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