Labor length among overweight and obese women undergoing induction of labor

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1771-1775

  Hirshberg, Adi ^a   Levine, Lisa D ^a   Srinivas, Sindhu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Induction of labor; Labor curves; Labor length; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR INHIBITION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; YOUNG ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; LABOR; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903751133     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.879705     Document Type: Article

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