Fetal Doppler velocimetry at high altitude

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 329-334

  Krampl, E ^a   Lees, C ^b   Bland, J M ^b   Espinoza Dorado, J ^c   Moscoso, G ^d   Campbell, S ^d  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL MATERNO PERINATAL   (Peru)

^d Universittsklinik fuer Frauenheilkunde Abteilung fr Geburtshilfe   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal Doppler; High altitude; Hypoxia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; DESCENDING AORTA; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034774318     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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