National partnership for maternal safety: Consensus bundle on safe reduction of primary cesarean births—supporting intended vaginal births

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 503-513

  Lagrew, David C ^a   Low, Lisa Kane ^a   Brennan, Rita ^a   Corry, Maureen P ^a   Edmonds, Joyce K ^a   Gilpin, Brian G ^a   Frost, Jennifer ^a   Pinger, Whitney ^a   Reisner, Dale P ^a   Jaffer, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSTOCIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE MEASUREMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CARE BUNDLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 85048215887     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002471     Document Type: Article

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