Uterine rupture after previous caesarean section

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 809-820

  Al Zirqi, I ^a,b   Stray Pedersen, B ^a,b   Forsen L ^c   Vangen, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elective caesarean section; Emergency prelabour caesarean section; Induced labour; Maternal and perinatal outcome; Previous caesarean section; Risk factors; Spontaneous labour; Trial of labour; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERINE RUPTURE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952256283     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02533.x     Document Type: Article

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