Provider documentation and elective induction of labor: a 6-month experience at a university medical center

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336.e1-336.e5

  Holm, Lloyd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

documentation; elective induction; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 60849137220     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.12.053     Document Type: Article

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