Does cesarean section prevent mortality and cerebral ultrasound abnormalities in preterm newborns?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Arpino, Carla ^a   Brescianini, Sonia ^b   Ticconi, Carlo ^a   Paolo, Ambrogio Di ^a   D'Argenzio, Luigi ^a   Piccione, Emilio ^a   Curatolo, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral ultrasound abnormalities; Mode of delivery; Mortality; Preterm newborns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; ULTRASOUND; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248563287     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050601133662     Document Type: Article

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