Effect of food intake during labour on obstetric outcome: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7699, 2009, Pages 880-

  O'Sullivan, Geraldine ^a   Liu, Bing ^b   Hart, Darren ^c   Seed, Paul ^b   Shennan, Andrew ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649240624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b784     Document Type: Article

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