Shoulder Dystocia

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-385

  Gurewitsch, Edith D ^a,b   Allen, Robert H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; BIRTH INJURY; COMPENSATION; COURT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; STANDARDIZATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DYSTOCIA; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548297619     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2007.04.001     Document Type: Review

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