Prognostic value of change in amniotic fluid color during labor

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-9

  Locatelli, Anna ^a   Regalia, Anna Laura ^a   Patregnani, Cinzia ^a   Ratti, Marta ^a   Toso, Laura ^a   Ghidini, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Fetal monitoring; Labor; Meconium; Term pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR; MECONIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; APGAR SCORE; COLOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MECONIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11444256892     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081359     Document Type: Article

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