Absence of significant hemodynamic changes in the fetus following maternal betamethasone administration

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 252-255

  Cohlen, B J ^a   Stigter, R H ^a   Derks, J B ^a   Mulder, E J H ^a   Visser, G H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Doppler ultrasound; Fetal circulation; Maternal circulation

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANOXEMIA; BETAMETHASONE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0030253412     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.08040252.x     Document Type: Article

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