Ultrasound assessment of bladder volume: Is it valid after delivery?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 453-456

  Pallis, Lucinda M ^a,b   Wilson, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder; Puerperium; Research design; Routine diagnostic tests; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0347526220     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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