Vaginal delivery and neonatal outcome in extremely-low-birth-weight infants below 26 weeks of gestational age

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Bauer, Jacqueline ^a   Hentschel, R ^b   Zahradnik, H ^b   Karck, U ^b   Linderkamp, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Heidelberg ^*

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Outcome; Preterm; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FETUS OUTCOME; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038614645     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40608     Document Type: Article

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