A retrospective study of the success, safety and effectiveness of external cephalic version without tocolysis in a specialised midwifery centre in the Netherlands

Midwifery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-45

  Rijnders, Marlies ^a   Herschderfer, Kathy ^a   Prins, Marianne ^b   van Baaren, Riet ^c   van Veelen, Anne Johan ^c   Schönbeck, Yvonne ^a   Buitendijk, Simone ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Midwifery School   (Netherlands)

^c SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breech ECV; Cephalic version; External cephalic version; Safety; Success

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOCOLYSIS;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOCOLYSIS; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 39649086504     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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