Respiratory morbidity in well-dated twins approaching term: What are the risks of elective delivery?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 841-844

  Lewis, David F ^a   Fontenot, M Todd ^a   Robichaux, Alfred G ^a   Stedman, Charles M ^a   Jaekle, Ronald K ^a   Evans, Arthur T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perinatal morbidity; Respiratory distress syndrome; Transient tachypnea of the newborn; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; TACHYPNEA; TWINS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AGE FACTORS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENTUCKY; LABOR, INDUCED; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036800731     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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