Predicting the outcome of induction of labour

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 329-333

  Nader, Ralph ^a   Shek, Ka Lai ^b   Dietz, Hans Peter ^b  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

birth; bladder neck descent; delivery outcome; head engagement; labour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BISHOP SCORE; BLADDER NECK; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MODEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955760751     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01169.x     Document Type: Article

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