Role of a second stage partogram in predicting the outcome of normal labour

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Basu, Jayati K ^a,c   Buchmann, Eckhart J ^b   Basu, Debashis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Normal labour; Partogram; Second stage labour

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MEDICAL RECORDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949086819     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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