Efficacy of the maternal height to fundal height ratio in predicting arrest of labor disorders

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-107

  Barnhard, Yoni B ^a   Divon, Michael Y ^a   Pollack, Raphael N ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest of labor; Estimated fetal weight; Fundal height; Maternal height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTRIC FUNDUS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE INERTIA;

EID: 0030993016     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059709161964     Document Type: Article

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