“Doing something” about the cesarean delivery rate

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 267-271

  Clark, Steven L ^a   Garite, Thomas J ^a   Hamilton, Emily F ^a   Belfort, Michael A ^a   Hankins, G D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery rate; labor arrest; vaginal birth after cesarean

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LABOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIABILITY, LEGAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 85047933740     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.04.044     Document Type: Article

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