Maternal Position and Other Variables: Effects on Perineal Outcomes in 557 Births

Birth

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-120

  Meyvis, Inge ^a   Van Rompaey, Bart ^a   Goormans, Karine ^a   Truijen, Steven ^a   Lambers, Sabine ^a   Mestdagh, Eveline ^a   Mistiaen, Wilhelm ^a  

^a Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Lateral position; Lithotomy position; Maternal position; Perineal trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY POSTURE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 2; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS BLEEDING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BELGIUM; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRONE POSITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84861715528     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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