The relationship of fetal position and ethnicity with shoulder dystocia and birth injury

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 856-862

  Cheng, Yvonne W ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^b   Caughey, Aaron B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Fetal position; Malposition; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DYSTOCIA; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER;

EID: 33747871782     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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