The relationship between cesarean section and labor induction

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-138

  Wilson, Barbara L ^a   Effken, Judith ^b   Butler, Richard J ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Cesarean section; Labor induction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARIZONA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77954196774     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2010.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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