Trends in twin pregnancies and mode of delivery during the last 30 years: Inconsistency between guidelines and clinical practice

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-364

  Antsaklis, Aris ^a   Malamas, Fotodotis M ^a   Sindos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Assisted delivery; Birth weight; Cesarean section; Delivery; Gestational age; IVF; Maternal age; Parity; Twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEATH; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TWIN; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881575780     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0175     Document Type: Article

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