Prediction of safe and successful vaginal twin birth

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237.e1-237.e7

  Breathnach, Fionnuala M ^a   McAuliffe, Fionnuala M ^b   Geary, Michael ^a   Daly, Sean ^c   Higgins, John R ^d   Dornan, James ^e   Morrison, John J ^f   Burke, Gerard ^g   Higgins, Shane ^h   Dicker, Patrick ^a   Manning, Fiona ^a   Carroll, Stephen ^a   Malone, Fergal D ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^h OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cesarean; labor; twin gestation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPARA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 80052262175     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.05.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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