Cesarean or vaginal delivery for the breech fetus at the threshold of viability: Results from a maternal-fetal medicine specialists survey

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-479

  Deutsch, Aaron B ^a   Duncan, Karen ^a   Rajaram, Lakshminarayan ^a   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   Spellacy, William N ^a   Belogolovkin, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech; SMFM; survey; threshold of viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH EXTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VAGINA;

EID: 79751474563     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.510895     Document Type: Article

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