Caesarean delivery rate review: An evidence-based analysis

Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1-58

  Degani, N ^a   Sikich, N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS MONITORING; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW RISK POPULATION; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ADULT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925945919     PISSN: 19157398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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