Rise in cesarean section rate over a 20-year period in a public sector hospital in northern Thailand

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-52

  Charoenboon, Chitrakan ^a   Srisupundit, Kasemsri ^a   Tongsong, Theera ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cephalopelvic disproportion; Cesarean section; Cesarean section rate; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; TREND STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 84872288757     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-012-2531-z     Document Type: Article

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