Effects of different modes of delivery on lung volumes of newborn infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 318-321

  Lee, S ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Ingram, D ^a   Milner, A D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Functional residual capacity; Mode of delivery; Newborn; Pulmonary function; Thoracic gas volume; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032907406     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199905)27:5<318::AID-PPUL4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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