Shoulder dystocia: Risk factors, predictability, and preventability

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 189-193

  Mehta, Shobha H ^a   Sokol, Robert J ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Macrosomia; Operative vaginal delivery; Shoulder dystocia risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; COMPLICATION; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DYSTOCIA; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER;

EID: 84901377792     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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