Forceps or vacuum extraction: A comparison of maternal and neonatal morbidity

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 106-114

  Shihadeh, A ^a   Al Najdawi, W ^a  

^a Royal Medical Service   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORCEPS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INJURY; JORDAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH INJURIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; LABOR PRESENTATION; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 0035241429     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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