Elective Cesarean Section: Its Impact on Neonatal Respiratory Outcome

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 373-393

  Ramachandrappa, Ashwin ^a   Jain, Lucky ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMILORIDE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT; LABOR INDUCTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG FLUID; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTION; BODY FLUIDS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 43049145038     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.03.006     Document Type: Review

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