Anal sphincter lacerations and upright delivery postures - A risk analysis from a randomized controlled trial

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-146

  Altman, Daniel ^a   Ragnar, Inga ^b,c   Ekström, Åsa ^a   Tydén, Tanja ^c   Olsson, Sven Eric ^a  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anal sphincter; Delivery; Laceration; Upright

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERINEUM; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING;

EID: 33845918959     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-006-0123-9     Document Type: Article

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