Variability in Rate of Cervical Dilation in Nulliparous Women at Term

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-35

  Incerti, Maddalena ^a   Locatelli, Anna ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^a   Ciriello, Elena ^a   Consonni, Sara ^a   Pezzullo, John C ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active labor; Cervical dilation; Curve of labor; Nulliparous women; Partogram

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LABOR STAGE 1; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; TERM BIRTH; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH; UTERINE CONTRACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951775884     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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