Fatal shoulder dystocia: A review of 56 cases reported to the confidential enquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1256-1261

  Hope, Peter ^a   Breslin, Sue ^b   Lamont, Linda ^c   Lucas, Alexandra ^d   Martin, Denis ^e   Moore, Isabella ^f   Pearson, James ^g   Saunders, Dawn ^h   Settatree, Ralph ^h  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Shrewsbury Maternity Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c National Advisory Body of CESD1   (United Kingdom)

^d CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^h CESDI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOPSY; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREGNANCY; SHOULDER; WALES;

EID: 0032408328     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10003.x     Document Type: Article

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