Prediction of duration of active labor in nulliparous women at term

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-89

  Incerti, Maddalena ^a   Locatelli, Anna ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Ciriello, Elena ^a   Malberti, Silvia ^a   Consonni, Sara ^a   Pezzullo, John C ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active labor; Curve of labor; Nulliparous; Partogram; Prolonged labor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 39749177019     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1004827     Document Type: Article

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