Review of singleton fetal and neonatal deaths associated with cranial trauma and cephalic delivery during a national intrapartum-related confidential enquiry

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 619-626

  O'Mahony, Fidelma ^a   Settatree, Ralph ^b   Platt, Craig ^c   Johanson, Richard ^d  

^a Clinical Governance Office   (United Kingdom)

^b SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Stafford District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH INJURIES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 18744371859     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00508.x     Document Type: Review

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