Active management of the third stage of labour

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7866, 2012, Pages

  Aflaifel, Nasreen ^a   Weeks, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE PLUS OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; ERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORD DRAINAGE; CORD TRACTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 3; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING; UTERINE MASSAGE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84864195107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4546     Document Type: Editorial

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