Should we worry about meconium? A controlled study of neonatal outcome

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-10

  Saunders, Karsten ^a  

^a Murambinda Mission Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; APGAR SCORE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036145058     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200106     Document Type: Article

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