Caesarean section, NICE guidelines and management of labour

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 485-490

  Bloomfield, T ^a  

^a WEST WALES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ANALGESIA; BIOSAFETY; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN DEATH; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 4544271618     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144361042331271052     Document Type: Note

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