Indications contributing to the increasing cesarean delivery rate

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-38

  Barber, Emma L ^a,b   Lundsberg, Lisbet S ^a,b   Belanger, Kathleen ^a,b   Pettker, Christian M ^a,b   Funai, Edmund F ^a,b   Illuzzi, Jessica L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; LABOR; MACROSOMIA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 79959673950     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31821e5f65     Document Type: Article

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