How do physicians and midwives manage the third stage of labor?

Birth

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-229

  Tan, Weiping M ^a,d   Klein, Michael C ^a   Saxell, Lee ^d   Shirkoohy, Sahba Eftekhary ^b,d   Asrat, Getnet ^c,d  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active management; Clinical practice guidelines; Expectant management; External and internal validity; Midwifery; Third stage of labor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; INJECTION SITE; LABOR STAGE 3; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MASSAGE; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PLACENTA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 50049135166     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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