Second stage caesarean section at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1151-1155

  Govender, Vineshree ^a   Panday, Mala ^a   Moodley, Jagidesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

increased maternal complications; Second stage caesarean sections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OPERATION DURATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGEON; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956590994     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767051003678002     Document Type: Article

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