The timing of interventions during labour: Descriptive results of a longitudinal study

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Petersen, Antje ^a   Ayerle, Gertrud M ^a   Frömke, Cornelia ^a   Hecker, Hartmut ^a   Gross, Mechthild M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Labour duration; Oxytocin augmentation; Partogram action lines; Timing of interventions

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDWIFERY; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255195863     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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