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. 1985 Dec;78(8):57-60, 62, 64.
doi: 10.1080/00325481.1985.11699219.

Quality of obstetric care and occurrence of fetal asphyxia and cerebral palsy. Is there a relationship?

Quality of obstetric care and occurrence of fetal asphyxia and cerebral palsy. Is there a relationship?

K R Niswander. Postgrad Med. 1985 Dec.

Abstract

Whether a relationship exists between the quality of obstetric care and poor fetal outcome, notably cerebral palsy, remains uncertain. We herein report a study which suggests that substandard obstetric care bears little relationship to the etiology of cerebral palsy. In none of our 34 cases of cerebral palsy was there any recognized delay on the physician's part in reacting to evidence of fetal asphyxia.

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