Effect of amnioinfusion for meconium stained amniotic fluid on perinatal outcome

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 322-325

  Ashfaq, F ^a   Shah, A A ^b  

^a Sindh Government Qatar Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; SAFETY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043155602     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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