Cesarean delivery versus vaginal delivery: Impact on survival and morbidity for the breech fetus at the threshold of viability

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 713-717

  Deutsch, Aaron ^a,e   Salihu, Hamisu M ^a,b,c   Lynch, O'Neill ^d   Marty, Phillip J ^b   Belogolovkin, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breech; Delivery; Preterm; Viability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MISSOURI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953882983     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.516287     Document Type: Article

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