Risk factors for obstetric anal sphincter injury after a successful multicentre interventional programme

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-91

  Stedenfeldt, M ^a,b   Oian P ^a,b   Gissler, M ^c,d   Blix, E ^a,b   Pirhonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Low risk deliveries; manual assistance; obstetric anal sphincter injuries; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL SPHINCTER INJURY; ANUS INJURY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE 2; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

LOW-RISK DELIVERIES; MANUAL ASSISTANCE; OBSTETRIC ANAL SPHINCTER INJURIES; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891024875     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12274     Document Type: Article

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