Meconium Aspiration Syndrome: Importance of the Monitoring of Labor

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-60

  Adhikari, M ^a,b,e   Gouws, E ^a,b   Velaphi, S C ^c   Gwamanda, P ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABOR; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MOUTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUCTION; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MORTALITY; MOUTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOSE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUCTION; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031612920     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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