Water aspiration syndrome at birth report of two cases

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-367

  Mammas, Ioannis N ^a   Thiagarajan, Prakash ^a  

^a Strang Douglas   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Respiratory distress; Under water birth

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; WATER;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATER BIRTH; ACID ASPIRATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; WATER;

EID: 67651052118     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050802556067     Document Type: Article

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