Cesarean delivery on maternal request in China: What are the risks and benefits?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 817.e1-817.e9

  Liu, Xiaohua ^a   Landon, Mark B ^b   Cheng, Weiwei ^a   Chen, Yan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; China; maternal morbidity; perinatal death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BODY MASS; CESAREAN DELIVERY ON MATERNAL REQUEST; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SMOKING; STILLBIRTH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRIAL OF LABOR; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931567400     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.043     Document Type: Article

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