Use and safety of Kielland's forceps in current obstetric practice

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 766-770

  Burke, Naomi ^a   Field, Katie ^a   Mujahid, Fakhra ^a   Morrison, John J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC FORCEPS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84866927386     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182695581     Document Type: Article

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