Relationship between meconium staining and amniotic fluid volume in term pregnancies

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-82

  Blackwell, Sean C ^a,b   Wolfe, Honor M ^a   Redman, Mark E ^a   Hassan, Sonia S ^a   Berry, Stanley M ^a   Treadwell, Marjorie C ^a   Zador, Ivan ^a   Carreno, Carlos A ^a   Sorokin, Yoram ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid volume; Cesarean delivery; Meconium; Meconium stained amniotic fluid; Non reassuring fetal status

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MECONIUM; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POLYHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036179287     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048013     Document Type: Article

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