Prediction of Adverse Neonatal Outcomes in Preeclampsia by Absent or Reversed End-Diastolic Flow Velocity in the Umbilical Artery

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-113

  Sezik, Mekin ^a,c   Tuncay, Görkem ^a   Yapar, Elif Gül ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Absent end diastolic umbilical artery; Doppler flow velocity waveforms; Neonatal outcome; Preeclampsia; Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN DISEASE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POLYCYTHEMIA; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RHEOLOGY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 1142298421     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075675     Document Type: Article

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