The influence of operator transducer pressure on ultrasonographic measurements of amniotic fluid volume

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 218-222

  Flack, Nicola J ^a   Dare, Caroline ^a   Southwell, Deborah ^a   Kourtis, Plutarch ^a   Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid index; Operator transducer pressure; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MEASUREMENT; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSDUCER;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0027956261     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(94)90472-3     Document Type: Article

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