Regional variation in obstetrical intervention for hospital birth in the Republic of Ireland, 2005-2009

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lutomski, Jennifer E ^a   Morrison, John J ^b   Lydon Rochelle, Mona T ^a,c  

^a Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Clinical practice variations; Epidural anaesthesia; Hospital discharge data; ICD 10

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRELAND; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; REGIONALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; IRELAND; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84868251457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-123     Document Type: Article

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