Comparing Rates of Trial of Labour Attempts, VBAC Success, and Fetal and Maternal Complications Among Family Physicians and Obstetricians

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-128

  Russillo, Balbina ^a,b   Sewitch, Maida J ^a,b   Cardinal, Linda ^b   Brassard, Normand ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Trial of labour; Uterine dehiscence; Uterine rupture; Vaginal birth after previous Caesarean section

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

AMNIOTOMY; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR INDUCTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL FETAL COMPLICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRICIAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; STILLBIRTH; TRIAL OF LABOR; URBAN AREA; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; ADULT; DELIVERY; LABOR COMPLICATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREGNANCY; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 41149140956     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32735-9     Document Type: Article

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