Delays in the delivery room of a primary maternity unit: A retrospective analysis of obstetric outcomes

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 593-597

  Giannella, Luca ^a   Mfuta, Kabala ^a   Pedroni, Deborah ^a   Delrio, Elisabetta ^a   Venuta, Agnese ^a   Bergamini, Ezio ^a   Cerami, Lillo B ^a  

^a Cesare Magati Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delay; Delivery room; Obstetric outcomes; Primary maternity unit; Prolonged labor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY ROOM; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR STAGE 2; LABOR STAGE 3; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY MATERNITY UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED LABOR; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DELIVERY ROOMS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84875406646     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.745500     Document Type: Review

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