Elective induction of labor and the risk of cesarean section in low-risk parous women: A cohort study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-203

  Jonsson, Maria ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^b   Wikström, Anna Karin ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical status; cesarean section; elective induction; labor; parous

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; LOW RISK POPULATION; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84872838980     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12043     Document Type: Article

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