Comparing grades of urgency for classification of cesarean delivery

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-18

  van Dillen, Jeroen ^a   Diesch, Marijn ^a   Schutte, Joke ^b   Zwart, Joost ^a   Wolterbeek, Ron ^a   van Roosmalen, Jos ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Classification; Maternal morbidity; Urgency

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EVALUATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 70249124534     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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