Optimizing shoulder dystocia management to prevent birth injury

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 592-606

  Gurewitsch, Edith Diament ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct rotational manipulation; Neurologic sequelae; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIRTH INJURY; BODY POSITION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; TIME; TRACTION THERAPY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548406064     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31811eaba2     Document Type: Review

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