The effects of labor and delivery on maternal and neonatal outcomes in term twins: A retrospective cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1137-1144

  Wenckus, D J ^a   Gao, W ^a   Kominiarek, M A ^a   Wilkins, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

caesarean; trial of labour; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH ORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SKULL FRACTURE; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TRANSIENT TACHYPNEA OF THE NEWBORN; TRIAL OF LABOR; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CAESAREAN; TRIAL OF LABOUR; TWINS;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAL OF LABOR; TWINS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904795943     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12642     Document Type: Article

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