Risk factors for obstetric brachial plexus palsy among neonates delivered by vacuum extraction

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 913-918

  Mollberg, Margareta ^a   Hagberg, Henrik ^a   Bager, Börje ^b   Lilja, Håkan ^b   Ladfors, Lars ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SWEDEN; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 27444446171     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000183595.32077.83     Document Type: Article

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