Influence of timing of admission in labour and management of labour on method of birth: Results from a randomised controlled trial of caseload midwifery (COSMOS trial)

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1297-1302

  Davey, Mary Ann ^a   McLachlan, Helen L ^a   Forster, Della ^a,b   Flood, Margaret ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caseload midwifery; Early labour; Epidural; Method of birth

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL AGE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PARITY; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRIAL OF LABOR;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDWIFERY; OXYTOCICS; PARITY; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRIAL OF LABOR;

EID: 84887992804     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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