Cesarean delivery on maternal request: implications for anesthesia providers

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-272

  Chestnut, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY RATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749337807     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2006.06.009     Document Type: Editorial

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