Trends and outcomes of induction of labour among nullipara at term

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 510-517

  Patterson, Jillian A ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a   Ford, Jane B ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

caesarean section; induction of labour; maternal outcomes; neonatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955232968     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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