The use of fetal Doppler cerebroplacental blood flow and amniotic fluid volume measurement in the surveillance of postdated pregnancies

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 844-848

  Lam, Helena ^a,b   Leung, W C ^a   Lee, C P ^a   Lao, T T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

MCA PI; Postdated pregnancies; Thick MSL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PULSE WAVE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MECONIUM; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 24044497985     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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