Shoulder Dystocia

Management of Common Problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Fifth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 45-47

  Ouzounian, Joseph G ^a   Goodwin, T Murphy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Operative vaginal delivery avoidance in patients with concomitant fetal macrosomia; Shoulder dystocia as obstetric emergency; Shoulder dystocia complications; Shoulder dystocia maternal complications postpartum hemorrhage, uterus rupture; Shoulder dystocia occurrence prediction; Shoulder dystocia pathophysiology resulting from persistent anteriorposterior position of fetal shoulders during fetal descent in labor; Shoulder dystocia risk factors rising birth weight, diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885548018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323030.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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