Cesarean delivery at the limits of neonatal viability

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 342-351

  McElrath, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 3042851613     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200406000-00008     Document Type: Review

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