Avoiding over diagnosis of shoulder dystocia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-176

  Mahran, M A ^a,d   Sayed, A T ^b   Imoh Ita, F ^c  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Risk factors; Shoulder diagnosis

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA;

BIRTH INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER;

EID: 41949112486     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610801913145     Document Type: Article

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