Impact of cesarean section on neonatal mortality rates among very preterm infants in the United States, 2000 2003

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-292

  Malloy, Michael H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Neonatal death; Very preterm births

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VERY PRETERM INFANT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849105545     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2620     Document Type: Article

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