Trends in the rate of shoulder dystocia over two decades

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 305-310

  Dandolu, Vani ^a   Lawrence, Lakesha ^a   Gaughan, John P ^b   Grotegut, Chad ^a   Harmanli, Ozgur H ^c   Jaspan, David ^d   Hernandez, Enrique ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Operative delivery; Shoulder dystocia; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MACROSOMIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DATABASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARYLAND; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 30344481656     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500312730     Document Type: Article

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