Perinatal outcomes following an earlier post-term labour induction policy: A historical cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1377-1385

  Hedegaard, M ^a   Lidegaard, O ^a   Skovlund, C W ^a   Morch L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; birth induction; misoprostol; perinatal outcome; post term labour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PH MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; BIRTH INJURIES; DENMARK; EVALUATION STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMATURITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, POSTMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84940451575     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13299     Document Type: Article

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