Effects of maternal prone position on the umbilical arterial flow

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 967-969

  Nakai, Yuichiro ^a   Mine, Makiko ^a   Nishio, Junko ^a   Maeda, Takeshi ^a   Imanaka, Motoharu ^b   Ogita, Sachio ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Maternal posture; Prone position; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERUS;

EID: 0032411593     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1998.771003.x     Document Type: Article

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