The effects of water birth on neonatal outcomes: A five-year result of a referral tertiary centre

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1395-1398

  Demirel, G ^a   Moraloglu, O ^a   Celik, I H ^a   Erdeve, O ^a   Mollamahmutoglu, L ^a   Oguz, S S ^a   Uras, N ^a   Dilmen, U ^a,b  

^a Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Birth complication; Neonatal outcome; Water birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMIPARA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UMBILICAL CORD RUPTURE; WATER BIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; WATER;

EID: 84878619231     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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