Risk of selected postpartum infections after cesarean section compared with vaginal birth: A five-year cohort study of 32,468 women

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 976-983

  Leth, Rita Andersen ^a   MØller, Jens KjØlseth ^a   Thomsen, Reimar Wernich ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a   NØrgaard, Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Post discharge; Postpartum infection; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; ODDS RATIO; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951553896     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340903147405     Document Type: Article

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