Comparing the second stage in induced and spontaneous labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 606-611

  Janakiraman, Vanitha ^a   Ecker, Jeffrey ^a   Kaimal, Anjali J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR STAGE 2; LACERATION; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; PATIENT CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS LABOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957255807     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181eeb968     Document Type: Article

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