Cesarean section after induction of labor compared with expectant management: No added risk from gestational week 39

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 857-862

  Rasmussen, Ole Bredahl ^a   Rasmussen, Steen ^b  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL WEST JUTLAND   (Denmark)

^b Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; expectant management; gestational age; Labor induction; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WATCHFUL WAITING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79960363639     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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