A population-based register study to determine indications for episiotomy in Finland

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-30

  Räisänen, Sari ^a   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^b,c   Gisler, Mika ^d,e   Heinonen, Seppo ^b,c  

^a SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Delivery; Episiotomy; Parturition; Registries; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

BREECH EXTRACTION; EPISIOTOMY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MACROSOMIA; MULTIPARA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 80052964664     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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