Cesarean delivery on maternal request: Maternal and neonatal complications

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 597-601

  Young, Mi Lee ^a   D'Alton, Mary E ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Maternal morbidity; Maternal request; Neonatal morbidity

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION ON MATERNAL REQUEST; COUNSELING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK;

EID: 56849115226     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e328317a293     Document Type: Review

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