The effect of early oxytocin augmentation in labor: A meta-analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 641-649

  Wei, Shu Qin ^b   Luo, Zhong Cheng ^b   Xu, Hairong ^b   Fraser, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DYSTOCIA; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69549097691     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181b11cb8     Document Type: Article

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