Does low molecular weight heparin shorten term labor?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-150

  Ekman Ordeberg, Gunvor ^a   Åkerud, Anna ^b   Dubicke, Aurelija ^a   Malmström, Anders ^b   Hellgren, Margareta ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Department of Antenatal Care Primary Care south Bohuslän County ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dalteparin; Delivery time; Protracted labor

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DALTEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; APGAR SCORE; DALTEPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049132676     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903294272     Document Type: Article

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