Intrapartum considerations in prenatal care

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 324-329

  Ehrenberg, Hugh M ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrapartum care; Maternal obesity; Obstetrical complications

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MACROSOMIA; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBESITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 82955180301     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.05.016     Document Type: Review

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