Measuring cervical length with ultrasound: Evaluation of the procedures and duration of a learning method

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 575-579

  Vayssiere C ^a,c   Moriniere C ^a   Camus, E ^a   Le Strat, Y ^b   Poty, L ^a   Fermanian, J ^b   Ville, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c SIHCUS CMCO Centre Medico Chirurgical et Obstetrical   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Interobserver reliability; Training; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OPERATOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036905967     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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