The influence of macrosomia on the duration of labor, the mode of delivery and intrapartum complications

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 278, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-553

  Siggelkow, W ^a   Boehm, D ^a   Skala, C ^a   Grosslercher, M ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Koelbl, H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duration of delivery; Fetal macrosomia; Mode of delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LACERATION; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERINEUM INJURY; POPULATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 54349113577     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0630-7     Document Type: Article

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