Epidural Use and Clinical Chorioamnionitis among Women Who Delivered Vaginally

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1009-1014

  Abramovici, Adi ^a   Szychowski, Jeff M ^b   Biggio, Joseph R ^a   Sakawi, Yasser ^c   Andrews, William W ^a   Tita, Alan T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; epidural; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935101034     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1371357     Document Type: Article

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