Delivery outcomes for nulliparous women at the extremes of maternal age - A cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-268

  Vaughan, D A ^a   Cleary, B J ^a,b,c   Murphy, D J ^a,c  

^a Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age extremes; caesarean section; cohort study; delivery outcomes; maternal age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEWBORN; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; IRELAND; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892640850     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12311     Document Type: Article

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