Maternal and neonatal outcome of 93 consecutive triplet pregnancies with 71% vaginal delivery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 554-559

  Alran, Séverine ^a   Sibony, Olivier ^a   Luton, Dominique ^a   Touitou, Séverine ^a   Fourchotte, Virginie ^a   Féraud, Olivia ^a   Oury, Jean François ^a   Blot, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Neonatal and maternal outcome; Triplet gestation; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETINOPATHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS;

EID: 2542565700     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2004.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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