Gathering the evidence: Cord gases and placental histology for births with low Apgar scores

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Wong, Lufee ^a,b   MacLennan, Alastair H ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apgar; cord gas; intrapartum hypoxia; neonatal encephalopathy; placental histology

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BABY; BIRTH; BLOOD GAS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; OBSTETRICS; PARENT; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ACIDOSIS; APGAR SCORE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 79951485826     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01275.x     Document Type: Article

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