Relationship between monitoring parameters and perinatal outcome in severe, early intrauterine growth restriction

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Bilardo, C M ^a   Wolf, H ^a   Stigter, R H ^b   Ville, Y ^c   Baez, E ^d   Visser, G H A ^b   Hecher, K ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dept of Prenatal Diagn and Therapy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite morbidity; Ductus venosus Doppler; Fetal monitoring; Perinatal outcome; Severe early growth restriction; Short term variation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TIME; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HEART; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 1242337362     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.965     Document Type: Article

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