Obstetric determinants of neonatal survival: Influence of willingness to perform cesarean delivery on survival of extremely low-birth-weight infants

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 960-966

  Bottoms, S F ^a   Paul, R H ^a   Iams, J D ^a   Mercer, B M ^a   Thom, E A ^a   Roberts, J M ^a   Caritis, S N ^a   Moawad, A H ^a   Van Dorsten, J P ^a   Hauth, J C ^a   Thurnau, G R ^a   Miodovnik, M ^a   Meis, P M ^a   McNellis, D ^a   MacPherson, C ^a   Norman, G S ^a   Jones, P ^a   Mueller Heubach, E ^a   Swain, M ^a   Goldenberg, R L ^a   Copper, R L ^a   Bain, R ^a   Rowland, E ^a   Lindheimer, M ^a   Menard, M K ^a   Collins, B A ^a   Stramm, S ^a   Siddiqi, T A ^a   Elder, N ^a   Carey, J C ^a   Meuer, A ^a   Fisher, M ^a   Yaffe, S J ^a   Catz, C ^a   Klebanoff, M ^a   Harger, J H ^a   Landon, M B ^a   Johnson, F ^a   Kovacs, B W ^a   Rabello, Y ^a   Sibai, B M ^a   Ramsey, R ^a   Dombrowski, M P ^a   Lacey, D ^a   more..

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean birth; Low birth weight; perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINOPATHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031009710     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70386-7     Document Type: Article

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