Improving VBAC rates: The combined impact of two management strategies

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 327-332

  Gardner, Kate ^a   Henry, Amanda ^a,b   Thou, Steven ^a   Davis, Greg ^a,b   Miller, Trent ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

caesarean section; decision making; repeat caesarean section; trial of labour; vaginal birth after caesarean

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSIBILITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESAREAN SECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; DECISION MAKING; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905991389     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12229     Document Type: Article

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