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Underwater birth and neonatal respiratory distress:Case report does not constitute reliable evidence
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1447-c (Published 16 June 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:1447
- Elizabeth Cluett, senior lecturer (e.cluett@soton.ac.uk),
- Rona McCandlish, research fellow,
- Ethel Burns, research midwife lecturer,
- Cheryl Nikodem, head, post graduate students and research
- University of Southampton, School of Midwifery, Southampton SO17 1BJ
- National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF
- Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 7PD
- University of the Western Cape, Bag X 17, Belville 7535, South Africa
EDITOR—We were concerned and dismayed to see the case report by Kassim et al of respiratory distress for a baby born in water being cited as evidence of the risk of underwater birth.1 2 Respiratory conditions can occur …
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