Outcomes of Pregnancies with Sonographically Detected Nuchal Cords Remote from Delivery

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  González Quintero, Víctor Hugo ^a,b   Tolaymat, Lama ^a   Muller, Antoaneta Canache ^a   Izquierdo, Luis ^a   O'Sullivan, Mary J ^a   Martin, Dibe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler flow; Nuchal cord; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMNIOTIC FLUIDS; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD STRANGLING;

EID: 1642536387     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.1.43     Document Type: Article

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