The influence of fetal head circumference on labor outcome: A population-based register study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-475

  Elvander, Charlotte ^a   Högberg, Ulf ^b,c   Ekéus, Cecilia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dystocia; emergency cesarean section; fetal distress; Head circumference; maternal distress; prolonged labor; vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84858788937     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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