Caesarean Section on Maternal Request: Risks and Benefits in Healthy Nulliparous Women and Their Infants

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 808-817

  Dahlgren, Leanne S ^a   von Dadelszen, Peter ^a   Christilaw, Jan ^a   Janssen, Patricia A ^a   Lisonkova, Sarka ^a   Marquette, Gerald P ^a   Liston, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean; Labour; Maternal request; Nulliparous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAPARTUM CESAREAN SECTION; LABOR; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; OPERATIVE VAGINAL DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS VAGINAL DELIVERY; TERM BIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 75349097978     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34299-2     Document Type: Article

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