Group versus conventional antenatal care for women

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Catling, Christine J ^a   Medley, Nancy ^b   Foureur, Maralyn ^a   Ryan, Clare ^a   Leap, Nicky ^a   Teate, Alison ^a   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANALGESIA; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP ANTENATAL CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL ANTENATAL CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84934312150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007622.pub3     Document Type: Review

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