Meconium passage in utero: Mechanisms, consequences, and management

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-56

  Ahanya, Sureshbabu N ^a   Lakshmanan, Jayaraman ^a   Morgan, Brian L G ^a   Ross, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE PIGMENT; FATTY ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; PANCREAS ENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PORPHYRIN;

AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID; BLOOD; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS MATURITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE SECRETION; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; PERINATAL DEATH; PRENATAL PERIOD; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SQUAMOUS CELL; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; OBSTETRICS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 11144256275     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000149659.89530.c2     Document Type: Review

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