Outcome of term breech births: 10-Year experience at a district general hospital

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 218-222

  Pradhan, Poonam ^a   Mohajer, Michele ^b   Deshpande, Sanjeev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH INJURY; BREECH EXTRACTION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13244292336     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00323.x     Document Type: Review

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