European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 159-164 , April 2010

Decision-to-delivery interval for emergency caesareans in the Aurore perinatal network

  • Cyril Huissoud

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04, France
    • INSERM U846, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, 18 Avenue Doyen Lepine, 69500 Bron, France Université de Lyon, Lyon 1, UMR-S 846, 69003 Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Hospices Civils de Lyon Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04, France. Tel.: +33 472 072 909; fax: +33 472 072 553.
    • ,
  • Corinne Dupont

      Affiliations

    • Pôle IMER – Information Médicale, Evaluation, Recherche –, Avenue Lacassagne, 69003 Lyon, France
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  • Florence Canoui-Poitrine

      Affiliations

    • Pôle IMER – Information Médicale, Evaluation, Recherche –, Avenue Lacassagne, 69003 Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Sandrine Touzet

      Affiliations

    • Pôle IMER – Information Médicale, Evaluation, Recherche –, Avenue Lacassagne, 69003 Lyon, France
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  • Gil Dubernard

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04, France
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  • René-Charles Rudigoz

      Affiliations

    • Hospices Civils de Lyon Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 Grande Rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69317 Lyon Cedex 04, France
    • Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – U.E.R., Lyon-Nord – 8, Avenue Rockefeller, 69008 Lyon, France
    • INSERM 4129, Santé individu société, France

Received 29 March 2009 ,Revised 26 November 2009 ,Accepted 24 December 2009.

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PII: S0301-2115(10)00003-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.12.033

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 159-164 , April 2010

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