Spontaneous Late Preterm Births: What Can Be Done to Improve Outcomes?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 309-313

  Iams, Jay D ^a   Donovan, Edward F ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal maturity; Late preterm; Preterm labor; Preterm PROM; Quality improvement; Spontaneous preterm

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

BIRTH; CHILD CARE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS LATE PRETERM BIRTH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 80053437198     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.05.007     Document Type: Review

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