Defining limits of survival: Lethal pulmonary hypoplasia after midtrimester premature rupture of membranes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 675-681

  Kilbride, Howard W ^a,b   Yeast, John ^a   Thibeault, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal mortality; Oligohydramnios; Premature rupture of membranes; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029807123     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74409     Document Type: Article

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