Diabetes hypertension and birth injuries: A complex interrelationship

Medicine and Law

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Iffy, Leslie ^a   Djordjevic, Michael M ^b   Apuzzio, Joseph J ^a   Martin, James D ^c   Sam, Jahir C ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Law Firm of MM Djordjevic   (United States)

^c Law Firm of Lynch and Martin   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth injury; Diabetes; Hypertension; Malpractice review.; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLAVICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIABETES CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSTOCIA; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MICROCEPHALY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN DEATH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; SEIZURE; SHOULDER INJURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038492435     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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