Shoulder dystocia: Comparison of the ACOG practice bulletin with another national guideline

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-136

  Chauhan, Suneet P ^a   Gherman, Robert ^c   Hendrix, Nancy W ^d   Bingham, Jemel M ^a   Hayes, Edward ^b  

^a AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b Aurora BayCare Medical Center   (United States)

^c Security BN Al Asad Airbase Group Surgeon MWSG 37 (FWD)   (Iraq)

^d Thomas Jefferson Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

ACOG; National guidelines; RCOG; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSTOCIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LABOR INDUCTION; LACERATION; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIPARA; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PERINEUM INJURY; PHYSICIAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 76249130334     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224864     Document Type: Review

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