Mode of Delivery after Epidural Analgesia in a Cohort of Low-Risk Nulliparas

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-326

  Eriksen, Lena Mariann ^a   Nohr, Ellen A ^b   Kjærgaard, Hanne ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Epidural analgesia; Low risk population; Nullipara; Spontaneous onset of labor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DENMARK; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 82155165930     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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