Does very advanced maternal age, with or without egg donation, really increase obstetric risk in a large tertiary center?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 645-650

  Shrim, Alon ^a   Levin, Ishai ^b   Mallozzi, Angela ^a   Brown, Richard ^a   Salama, Kareima ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^b   Almog, Benny ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; Late maternal age; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OOCYTE DONATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYNDACTYLY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650088707     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.084     Document Type: Article

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