Caesarean section in the second stage of labour: A retrospective review of obstetric setting and morbidity

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-267

  McKelvey, A ^a   Ashe, R ^b   McKenna, D ^c   Roberts, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^d ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Morbidity; Peripartum; Second stage

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR STAGE 2; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PH MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77950825840     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443610903572109     Document Type: Article

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