A functional definition of prolonged pregnancy based on daily fetal and neonatal mortality rates

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-426

  Divon, M Y ^a   Ferber, A ^a   Sanderson, M ^b   Nisell, H ^c   Westgren, M ^c  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Univ TX Sch Pub Hlth Brownsville   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EDITORIAL; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE TABLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 2442567964     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1053     Document Type: Editorial

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