Elective induction of labor compared with expectant management of nulliparous women at 39 weeks of gestation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1258-1264

  Miller, Nathaniel R ^a   Cypher, Rebecca L ^b   Foglia, Lisa M ^b   Pates, Jason A ^b   Nielsen, Peter E ^b  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERM BIRTH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERINE CERVIX; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARITY; PREGNANCY; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948073200     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001154     Document Type: Article

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