Analysis of 127 peripartum hypoxic brain injuries from closed claims registered by the Danish patient insurance association

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-75

  Hove, Lars Dahlgaard ^a   Bock, Johannes ^b   Christoffersen, Jens Krogh ^b   Hedegaard, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Patient Insurance Association   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Compensation; Fetal monitoring; Preventable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549010773     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701797567     Document Type: Article

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