How effective are the components of active management of the third stage of labor?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sheldon, Wendy R ^a,b   Durocher, Jill ^b   Winikoff, Beverly ^b   Blum, Jennifer ^b   Trussell, James ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active management; Controlled cord traction; Oxytocin; Post partum hemorrhage; Uterine massage

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CORD TRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR STAGE 3; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; LOGISTIC MODELS; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS;

EID: 84874015514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-46     Document Type: Article

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