Randomised trial of planned caesarean section prior to versus after 39 weeks: Unscheduled deliveries and facility logistics - A secondary analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Glavind, Julie ^a   Henriksen, Tine Brink ^a   Kindberg, Sara Fevre ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893168659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084744     Document Type: Article

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