The impact of duration of labor induction on cesarean rate

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Michelson, Kenneth A ^a   Carr, Darcy B ^b   Easterling, Thomas R ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean rate; labor induction; obstetrics epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50349097528     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.072     Document Type: Article

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