Maternal and neonatal outcomes of successful Kielland's rotational forceps delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1032-1039

  Stock, Sarah J ^b   Josephs, Katherine ^b   Farquharson, Sarah ^b   Love, Corinne ^b   Cooper, Sarah E ^b   Kissack, Chris ^b   Akolekar, Ranjit ^b   Norman, Jane E ^b   Denison, Fiona C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INJURY; ANUS SPHINCTER; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIELLAND FORCEPS; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC FORCEPS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS PLACENTAL DELIVERY; STILLBIRTH; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL INJURY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; OBSTETRICAL FORCEPS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879069587     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31828b72cb     Document Type: Article

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