Caesarean or vaginal delivery for preterm very-low-birth weight (≤1,250 g) infant: Experience from a district general hospital in UK

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Haque, Khalid N ^a   Hayes, Anne Maria ^a   Ahmed, Zeeshan ^a   Wilde, Rachel ^a   Yi Fong, Choong ^a  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Neuro disability; Very low birth weight (< 1250 grams)

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 39049162942     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0438-x     Document Type: Article

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