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dc.contributor.authorShihadeh, A.
dc.contributor.authorAl Najdawi, W.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T10:56:37Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T10:56:37Z
dc.date.issued2001EN
dc.identifier.issn1020-3397EN
dc.identifier.otherhttp://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/0701_2/2001_7_1-2_106_114.pdfEN
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/118996
dc.description106-114EN
dc.description.abstractTo compare maternal and neonatal morbidity associated with forceps and vacuum delivery, data on 150 women delivered by forceps and 420 delivered by vacuum extraction between 1995 and 1999 at Queen Alia Hospital, Jordan were compared. Data included parity, gestational age, infant birthweight, Apgar score, presentation and station of fetal head, indications for forceps and vacuum deliveries, delivery success rate, and maternal and neonatal morbidity. Maternal birth canal and genital tract lacerations were significantly more common in forceps delivery, and there was significantly increased morbidity in infants delivered by vacuum extraction [‎caput, jaundice, cephalohaematoma]‎. Serious neonatal morbidity was rare for both groupsEN
dc.language.isoenEN
dc.subjectApgar ScoreEN
dc.subjectBirth InjuriesEN
dc.subjectCesarean SectionEN
dc.subjectExtraction, ObstetricalEN
dc.subjectGenitalia, FemaleEN
dc.subjectInfant MortalityEN
dc.subjectMorbidityEN
dc.subjectPregnancy OutcomeEN
dc.subjectVacuum Extraction, ObstetricalEN
dc.subject.meshObstetrical ForcepsEN
dc.titleForceps or vacuum extraction: a comparison of maternal and neonatal morbidityEN
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 7 (‎1-2)‎, 106-114, 2001


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