Serious adverse neonatal outcomes such as 5-minute Apgar score of zero and seizures or severe neurologic dysfunction are increased in planned home births after cesarean delivery

Amos Grünebaum; Laurence B. McCullough; Birgit Arabin; Frank A. Chervenak

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173952

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Serious adverse neonatal outcomes such as 5-minute Apgar score of zero and seizures or severe neurologic dysfunction are increased in planned home births after cesarean delivery

Amos Grünebaum ,

* E-mail: amg2002@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4644-6011

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Laurence B. McCullough,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Birgit Arabin,

Affiliations Center for Mother and Child, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, Clara Angela Foundation, Berlin, Germany
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Frank A. Chervenak

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Serious adverse neonatal outcomes such as 5-minute Apgar score of zero and seizures or severe neurologic dysfunction are increased in planned home births after cesarean delivery

Amos Grünebaum,
Laurence B. McCullough,
Birgit Arabin,
Frank A. Chervenak

Published: March 20, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173952

About the Authors

Amos Grünebaum

* E-mail: amg2002@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4644-6011

Laurence B. McCullough

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Birgit Arabin

Affiliations Center for Mother and Child, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, Clara Angela Foundation, Berlin, Germany

Frank A. Chervenak

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AG LM BA FC. Formal analysis: AG LM BA FC. Investigation: AG LM BA FC. Methodology: AG LM BA FC. Validation: AG LM BA FC. Visualization: AG LM BA FC. Writing – original draft: AG. Writing – review & editing: AG LM BA FC.

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