Medical and legal implications for necessary requirements to diagnose damaging hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy leading to later cerebral palsy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-586

  Freeman, Roger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTERIAL PH; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EDITORIAL; FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57349157747     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.096     Document Type: Editorial

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