Complications of labor induction among multiparous women in a community-based hospital system

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241.e1-241.e7

  Battista, Leah ^a   Chung, Judith H ^a,b   Lagrew, David C ^a,b   Wing, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Memorial Care   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean; labor induction; multipara

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 34548403918     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.12.027     Document Type: Article

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