Meconium passed in labor: How reassuring is clear amniotic fluid?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-93

  Greenwood, Catherine ^b   Lalchandani, Savita ^b   MacQuillan, Kathryn ^b   Sheil, Orla ^b   Murphy, John ^b   Impey, Lawrence ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTOMY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0038722266     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(03)00407-1     Document Type: Article

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