Rising cesarean rates of twin deliveries in Germany from 1990 to 2012

Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 177-182

  Kyvernitakis, A ^a   Kyvernitakis, I ^a   Karageorgiadis, A S ^a   Misselwitz, B ^a   Papaspyrou, G ^a   Kalder, M ^a   Schmidt, S ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cesarean rates; delivery; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS; TWINS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887051561     PISSN: 09482393     EISSN: 14391651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1357137     Document Type: Article

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