Nuchal cord is not associated with adverse perinatal outcome

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-83

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a,b   Abramowicz, Jacques S ^b   Levy, Amalia ^a   Silberstein, Tali ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Hershkovitz, Reli ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apgar scores; Nuchal cord; Perinatal mortality; Perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; DOCUMENTATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD STRANGLING;

APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; MATERNAL AGE; NUCHAL CORD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646003835     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-005-0110-2     Document Type: Article

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