Infant mortality of very preterm infants by mode of delivery, institutional policies and maternal diagnosis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 693-700

  Hogberg U ^a   Holmgren, P A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal delivery; Extremely preterm infant; Gestational age; Morbidity; Premature birth; Threshold of viability

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249027933     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701371306     Document Type: Article

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