An approach to the prediction of neonatal Erb palsy

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-155

  Deaver, John E ^a   Cohen, Wayne R ^a,b  

^a JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus palsy; Erb palsy; Logistic regression; Prediction; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEONATAL ERB PALSY; NERVE INJURY; PARALYSIS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 59449083851     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.021     Document Type: Article

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