Meconium in labour

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 247-252

  Rahman, Shimma ^a   Unsworth, Jeffrey ^a   Vause, Sarah ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meconium; Meconium aspiration syndrome; Meconium liquor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILE ACID; COCAINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPID; LUNG SURFACTANT; MUCIN; OPIATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEINASE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID; AMNIONITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APGAR SCORE; APOPTOSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DRUG USE; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATURATION; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERISTALSIS; PH; PNEUMONIA; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL; THICKNESS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 84881372944     PISSN: 17517214     EISSN: 18793622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogrm.2013.05.007     Document Type: Review

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