Puerperal complications following elective cesarean sections for twin pregnancies

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-107

  Simões, Teresinha ^a   Aboim, Leonor ^a   Costa, Ana ^a   Ambrosio, Alexandre ^a   Alves, Sandra ^a   Blickstein, Isaac ^b,c  

^a Maternity Dr Alfredo Da Costa ^*  (Portugal)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Postpartum; Puerperal morbidity; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DISORDER; SCAR; TWIN PREGNANCY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TWINS;

EID: 33847763735     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.025     Document Type: Article

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