Short- and long-term outcomes after cesarean section

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-215

  Grivell, Rosalie M ^a   Dodd, Jodie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cesarean section; infant neonatal morbidity; maternal morbidity; VBAC

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; ENDOMETRITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79952965988     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.11.5     Document Type: Review

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