Postmortem and perimortem caesarean section: What are the indications?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-9

  Whitten, Melissa ^a   Irvine, Laurie Montgomery ^a  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0033978759     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107680009300103     Document Type: Review

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