To induce or not to induce labor: A macrosomic dilemma

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 121-125

  Simhayoff, Nurit ^b   Sheiner, Eyal ^a,b   Levyb, Amalia ^b   Hammel, Rachel D ^b   Mazora, Moshe ^a,b   Hallaka, Mordechai ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Cesarean section risk; Labor induction; Macrosomic fetuses; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPERTENSION; LABOR INDUCTION; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; NEWBORN; NULLIPARA; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PARITY; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 5644229524     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078942     Document Type: Article

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