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Shoulder dystocia: incidence, mechanisms, and management strategies

Shoulder dystocia can lead to death or brain damage for the baby. Traction on the head can damage the brachial plexus. The diagnosis should be made when the mother cannot push the shoulders out with her own efforts with the next contraction after delivery of the head. There should be no traction on...

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Autor principal: Menticoglou, Savas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30519118
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S175088