Outcomes of term vaginal breech delivery

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 325-328

  Doyle, Nora M ^a   Riggs, John W ^a   Ramin, Susan M ^a   Sosa, Manuel A ^a   Gilstrap III, Larry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech; Cesarean; Umbilical arterial blood gas; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL GAS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH EXTRACTION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; TEXAS;

EID: 24644440044     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-871530     Document Type: Review

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