The sequence of intrapartum interventions: A descriptive approach to the cascade of interventions

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Petersen, Antje ^a   Poetter, Ulrich ^b   Michelsen, Claire ^a   Gross, Mechthild M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b GERMAN YOUTH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotomy; Cascade of interventions; Cervical dilation; Epidural analgesia; Kaplan Meier's estimate; Labor duration; Oxytocin augmentation

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; ONSET AGE; PARITY; SPONTANEOUS BIRTH; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADULT; AMNION; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; LABOR, INDUCED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880844912     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-013-2737-8     Document Type: Article

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