Influence of the duration of the second stage of labor on the likelihood of obstetric anal sphincter injury

Birth

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-93

  Aiken, Catherine E ^a,b   Aiken, Abigail R ^c   Prentice, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstetric anal sphincter injury; Second stage of labor; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; LABOR STAGE 2; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923096679     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12137     Document Type: Article

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