Macrosomic newborns: A 3-year review

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 378-383

  Akin, Yasemin ^a   Cömert, Serdar ^a   Turan, Cem ^a   Piçak, Abdülkadir ^a   Aǧzikuru, Turgut ^a   Telatar, Berrin ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Birth injuries; Macrosomia; NICU admission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 78649702362     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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