Birth after caesarean study - Planned vaginal birth or planned elective repeat caesarean for women at term with a single previous caesarean birth: Protocol for a patient preference study and randomised trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dodd, Jodie M ^a   Crowther, Caroline A ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^a   Haslam, Ross R ^b   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GESTATION PERIOD; INFANT WELFARE; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 34748880683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-17     Document Type: Article

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