Increasing caesarean section rates among low-risk groups: A panel study classifying deliveries according to Robson at a university hospital in Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Litorp, Helena ^a   Kidanto, Hussein L ^b   Nystrom, Lennarth ^c   Darj, Elisabeth ^a   Essén, Birgitta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Low income countries; Robson classification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHING POSITION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LABOR; LIVE BIRTH; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TANZANIA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877917628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-107     Document Type: Article

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