Meconium in labour

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Unsworth, Jeffrey ^a   Vause, Sarah ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meconium; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Meconium liquor

Indexed keywords

AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

EID: 77956614680     PISSN: 17517214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogrm.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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