Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Hofmeyr, G Justus ^a   Barrett, Jon F ^b   Crowther, Caroline A ^c  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; EDINBUGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIRTH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PROCEDURES;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARTURITION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84965184077     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006553.pub3     Document Type: Review

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