Maternal and neonatal outcomes following induction of labor: A cohort study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-203

  Grivell, Rosalie M ^a   Reilly, Aimee J ^b   Oakey, Helena ^a   Chan, Annabelle ^c   Dodd, Jodie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Induction; labor; maternal; morbidity; neonatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LABOR, INDUCED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84856080231     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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