Effect of partogram use on outcomes for women in spontaneous labour at term

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lavender, Tina ^a   Hart, Anna ^b   Smyth, Rebecca M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

APGAR SCORE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEATH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR STAGE; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NURSERY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTOGRAM; PERINATAL DEATH; PH; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SPONTANEOUS PLACENTAL DELIVERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 55049135040     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005461.pub2     Document Type: Review

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