Preventing the first cesarean delivery: Summary of a joint eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development, society for maternal-fetal medicine, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Workshop

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1181-1193

  Spong, Catherine Y ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Berghella, Vincenzo ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wenstrom, Katharine D ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mercer, Brian M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Saade, George R ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f Publications and Executive Committees of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTHING POSITION; CESAREAN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE; MACROSOMIA; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MYOMECTOMY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (U.S.); PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868154431     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182704880     Document Type: Review

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