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Article: LMS Shoulder Dystocia Study Results Reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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- August 2, 2006
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MONTREAL, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LMS Medical Systems (TSX: LMZ, AMEX: LMZ), a healthcare technology company and developer of the CALM(TM) clinical information system and risk management software tolls for obstetrics, announced the results of a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a leading obstetrical peer review journal. The study describes a statistical model for predicting shoulder dystocia that identified over 50% of cases with brachial plexus injuries along with an acceptable low false positive rate of 2.7%. The results demonstrated that Shoulder Dystocia can often be predictable and preventable when using the LMS CALM ...