A critical appraisal of the use of umbilical artery Doppler ultrasound in high-risk pregnancies: Use of meta-analyses in evidence-based obstetrics

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 466-476

  Westergaard, H B ^a   Langhoff Roos, J ^a   Lingman, G ^b   Marsal K ^b   Kreiner, S ^c  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Doppler velocimetry; High risk pregnancy; Intrauterine growth restriction; Meta analysis; Perinatal mortality; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0034973016     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2001.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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