Cesarean section in term breech presentations: Do rates of adverse neonatal outcomes differ by hospital birth volume?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Hoehner, Christine ^a   Kelsey, Amy ^b   El Beltagy, Nermeen ^a   Artal, Raul ^a,c   Leet, Terry ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech presentation; Cesarean section; Hospital birth volume; Neonatal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 33645775005     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.034     Document Type: Article

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