Is planned cesarean childbirth a safe alternative?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 475-476

  Armson, B Anthony ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MIRU   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDBIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART ARREST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33847709968     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.061724     Document Type: Note

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