Early perinatal outcome in cases delivered through caesarian section following clinical diagnosis of severe foetal distress at Kenyatta National Hospital
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Early perinatal outcome in cases delivered through Caesarian section following clinical diagnosis of severe foetal distress at Kenyatta National Hospital.
OBJECTIVES To determine the value of clinical foetal distress in predicting early perinatal outcome. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Kenyatta National Hospital. SUBJECTS Fifty eight newborns delivered via Caesarian section with a diagnosis of clinical foetal distress were compared with another group of 58 newborns delivered similarly, but without clinical foetal distress. RESUL...
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Medical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0012-835X
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v83i5.9430