Assessing the association of oxytocin augmentation with obstetric anal sphincter injury in nulliparous women: A population-based, case-control study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Rygh, Astrid B ^a,b   Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^c   Körner, Hartwig ^a,b   Eggebø, Torbjørn M ^a,d  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAL SPHINCTER INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPISIOTOMY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; OCCIPUT POSTERIOR POSITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANAL CANAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INJURIES; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904630978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004592     Document Type: Article

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