Twin births: Cesarean section or vaginal delivery?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 463-469

  Hoffmann, Elise ^a   Oldenburg, Anna ^b   Rode, Line ^b   Tabor, Ann ^b   Rasmussen, Steen ^d   Skibsted, Lillian ^a,c  

^a University Hospital Roskilde   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cesarean section; chorionicity; labour and delivery; multiple pregnancies; perinatal outcome; Twin delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84858755886     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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