Intrapartum assessment of fetal head engagement: Comparison between transvaginal digital and transabdominal ultrasound determinations

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-436

  Sherer, D M ^a   Abulafia, O ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal head engagement; Intrapartum ultrasound; Labor; Transvaginal digital examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0038190655     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.102     Document Type: Article

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