Obstetricians still await a deus ex machina

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2247-2248

  Greene, Michael F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVICE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONICS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRIC CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPHYXIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33751204454     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068176     Document Type: Editorial

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