Active versus expectant management for women in the third stage of labour

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-153

  Begley, Cecily M ^a   Gyte, Gillian M L ^b   Devane, Declan ^c   McGuire, William ^d   Weeks, Andrew ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BABY; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST FEEDING; CONCEPTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 3; LOW RISK PATIENT; MANUAL PLACENTAL DELIVERY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEVERE PRIMARY POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING; WARD;

EID: 85009754018     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007412.pub4     Document Type: Article

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