Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT), a resuscitation option for intra-thoracic foetal pathologies

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 19-20, 2007, Pages 279-285

  Kern, Christian ^a   Morales, Michel Ange ^a   Peiry, Barbara ^a   Pfister, Riccardo E ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EXIT procedure; Foetal intra thoracic pathologies; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EX UTERO INTRAPARTUM TREATMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347249155     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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