The peri-partum management of pregnancies with macrosomic babies weighing ≥4,500 g at a tertiary University Hospital

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-270

  Navti, O B ^a   Ndumbe, F M ^a   Konje, J C ^a,b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal macrosamia; Macrosomia; Peripartum management; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 34247643181     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701195074     Document Type: Article

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