Shoulder dystocia: Definitions and incidence

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 184-188

  Hansen, Alexandra ^a   Chauhan, Suneet P ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Guidelines; Operative vaginal delivery; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901329071     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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