Influence of the mode of delivery on maternal and neonatal outcomes: A comparison between elective cesarean section and planned vaginal delivery in a low-risk obstetric population

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1193-1198

  Bodner, Klaus ^a,b   Wierrani, Franz ^a   Grünberger, Werner ^a   Bodner Adler, Barbara ^c  

^a Hospital Rudolfstiftung   (Austria)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Elective cesarean section; Maternal and neonatal morbidity; Planned vaginal delivery; Spontaneous onset of labor

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOUND INFECTION;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; AUSTRIA; BIRTH INJURIES; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956074963     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1525-y     Document Type: Article

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