Neonatal outcomes of macrosomic births in diabetic and non-diabetic women

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Das, S ^a   Irigoyen, M ^a   Patterson, M B ^a   Salvador, A ^a   Schutzman, D L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FRACTURES, BONE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350452573     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.156026     Document Type: Article

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