Delivery mode for the extremely premature fetus: A statement of the prematurity working group of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 583-586

  Skupski, Daniel W ^a   Greenough, Anne ^b   Donn, Stephen M ^c   Arabin, Birgit ^d   Bancalari, Eduardo ^e   Vladareanu, Radu ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Extremely premature fetus; Fetal growth restriction (FGR); Gestational age; Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 74949090811     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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