Underwater Births

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1413-1414

  Batton, Daniel G ^a   Blackmon, Lillian R ^b   Adamkin, David H ^c   Bell, Edward F ^d   Denson, Susan Ellen ^e   Engle, William Allan ^f   Martin, Gilbert Ira ^g   Stark, Ann R ^h   Barrington, Keith J ⁱ   Raju, Tonse N K ^j   Riley, Laura ^k   Tomashek, Kay Marie ^l   Wallman, Carol ^m   Couto, Jim ⁿ  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^g Citrus Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^h BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^m National Association of Neonatal Nurses   (United States)

ⁿ AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; LABOR; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STILLBIRTH; TACHYCARDIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WATER IMMERSION; ARTICLE; BATH; BIRTH INJURY; FEMALE; IMMERSION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

BATHS; BIRTH INJURIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 25144462659     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1738     Document Type: Note

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