Is amniotic fluid volume status predictive of fetal acidosis at delivery?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-133

  Magann, Everett F ^a   Chauhan, Suneet P ^b   Martin Jr , James N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid volume; Fetal acidosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACIDOSIS; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYE DILUTION CURVE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0037854672     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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