Episiotomy and its relationship to various clinical variables that influence its performance

• Main Authors: Carmen Ballesteros-Meseguer (Author), César Carrillo-García (Author), Mariano Meseguer- (Author), Manuel Canteras-Jordana (Author), Mª Emilia Martínez-Roche (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: to understand the episiotomy rate and its relationship with various clinical variables. Method: a descriptive, cross-sectional, analytic study of 12,093 births in a tertiary hospital. Variables: Parity, gestational age, start of labor, use of epidural analgesia, oxytocin usage, position d...