Neonatal complications associated with use of fetal scalp electrode: a retrospective study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1797-1803

  Kawakita, T ^a   Reddy, U M ^a   Landy, H J ^b   Iqbal, S N ^a   Huang, C C ^c   Grantz, K L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalohaematoma; fetal scalp electrode; scalp injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CEPHALOHEMATOMA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL SCALP ELECTRODE; FETUS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VACUUM ASPIRATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84988432697     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13817     Document Type: Article

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