Do vacuum-assisted deliveries cause intracranial vessel injuries?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-226

  Ng, Yan Yan ^a   Su, Pen Hua ^a   Chen, Jia Yuh ^a   Lee, Inn Chi ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial infarct; Vacuum delivery; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PROTEIN S;

ALERTNESS; APNEA; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECCHYMOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORENCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; THALAMUS; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 76049105900     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809332770     Document Type: Article

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