Termination of pregnancy for maternal indications at the limits of fetal viability: A retrospective cohort study in the Dutch tertiary care centres

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Van Eerden, L ^a   Zeeman, G G ^b   Page Christiaens, G C M ^c   Vandenbussche, F ^d   Oei, S G ^e   Scheepers, H C J ^f   Van Eyck, J ^g   Middeldorp, J M ^h   Pajkrt, E ⁱ   Duvekot, J J ^b   De Groot, C J M ^a   Bolte, A C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UTERUS RUPTURE; INDUCED ABORTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABORTION, INDUCED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84903198067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005145     Document Type: Article

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