Optimal timing of delivery in pregnancies with pre-existing hypertension

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Hutcheon, J A ^a   Lisonkova, S ^a   Magee, L A ^a   Von Dadelszen, P ^a   Woo, H L ^a   Liu, S ^b   Joseph, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gestational age; hypertension; induced labour; neonatal mortality; pregnancy; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABOR INDUCTION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STILLBIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650273568     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02754.x     Document Type: Article

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