Uterine evacuation for second-trimester fetal death and maternal morbidity

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-316

  Edlow, Andrea G ^a   Hou, Melody Y ^a   Maurer, Rie ^b   Benson, Carol ^b   Delli Bovi, Laurent ^c   Goldberg, Alisa B ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Women's Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS PERFORATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM CURETTAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251560929     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182051519     Document Type: Article

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