Causation-Fetal Brain Injury and Uterine Rupture

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-438

  Phelan, Jeffrey P ^a   Korst, Lisa M ^b   Martin, Gilbert I ^c  

^a Citrus Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; CHECKLIST; CHILDBIRTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; NEGLIGENCE; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS RUPTURE;

BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 34548274566     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2007.03.014     Document Type: Review

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