Immediate maternal and neonatal effects of forceps and vacuum-assisted deliveries

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 513-518

  Johnson, Jennifer H ^b   Figueroa, Reinaldo ^a   Carry, David ^b   Elimian, Andrew ^b   Maulik, Dev ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CEPHALHEMATOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPISIOTOMY; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINEUM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINA LACERATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORCEPS; INJURY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH INJURIES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACERATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 1842510687     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000114985.22844.6d     Document Type: Review

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