Doppler indices from inferior vena cava and ductus venosus in predicting pH and oxygen tension in umbilical blood at cordocentesis in growth-retarded fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 401-410

  Rizzo, G ^a,b   Capponi, A ^a   Talone, P E ^a   Arduini, D ^a   Romanini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Clinica Ginecologica e Ostetrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cordocentesis; Doppler ultrasonography; Fetal acidemia; Fetal blood; Intrauterine growth retardation; Venous flow

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CORDOCENTESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ACIDOSIS; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CORDOCENTESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0030157658     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07060401.x     Document Type: Article

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