Shoulder dystocia: Management and documentation

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 194-200

  Stitely, Michael L ^a   Gherman, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus palsy; Documentation; Management; Shoulder dystocia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EPISIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MCROBERT MANEUVER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS SURGERY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBIN II MANEUVER; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SUPRAPUBIC PRESSURE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; WOOD CORKSCREW MANEUVER; ZAVANELLI MANEUVER; ALGORITHM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELIVERY; DOCUMENTATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHOULDER; STANDARDS;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOCUMENTATION; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; SHOULDER;

EID: 84901359719     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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