The Importance of Mode of Birth After Previous Cesarean: Success, Satisfaction, and Postnatal Health

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Shorten, Allison ^a   Shorten, Brett ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean birth; EQ 5D; Mode of birth; Postnatal health; Satisfaction; VBAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTPARTUM PAIN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84858754485     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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