Package of care for active management in labour for reducing caesarean section rates in low-risk women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Brown, Heather C ^a   Paranjothy, Shantini ^b   Dowswell, Therese ^c   Thomas, Jane ^d  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTOMY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84898738441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004907.pub3     Document Type: Review

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