Measuring placental transfusion for term births: Weighing babies with cord intact

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-75

  Farrar, D ^a,b   Airey, R ^c   Law, G R ^b   Tuffnell, D ^c   Cattle, B ^b   Duley, L ^b  

^a BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Observational study; placental transfusion; weighing term babies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VOLUME; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD VOLUME; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSTRICTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650269746     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02781.x     Document Type: Article

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