ACOG COMMITTEE OPINION Number 765 Avoidance of Nonmedically Indicated Early-Term Deliveries and Associated Neonatal Morbidities

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2019, Pages E156-E163

  Borders, Ann E B ^a   Birsner, Meredith L ^a   Gyamfi Bannerman, Cynthia ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK AVERSION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADVERSE EVENT; FEMALE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85060524012     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003076     Document Type: Article

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