Cervimetry: A review of methods for measuring cervical dilatation during labor

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 312-320

  Lucidi, R Scott ^a   Blumenfeld, Lee A ^b   Chez, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OB Innovations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MEASUREMENT; POTENTIOMETRY; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING;

EID: 0034019811     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-200005000-00025     Document Type: Review

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