Cesarean Section on Request at 39 Weeks: Impact on Shoulder Dystocia, Fetal Trauma, Neonatal Encephalopathy, and Intrauterine Fetal Demise

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 276-287

  Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Clark, Shannon M ^a   Munn, Mary B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

elective cesarean section; fetal trauma; intrauterine fetal demise; neonatal encephalopathy; shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WEIGHT; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SKULL FRACTURE; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BRAIN DISEASES; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748999002     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.07.009     Document Type: Review

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