Ductus venosus Doppler velocimetry in the prediction of acidemia at birth: Which is the best parameter?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1212-1216

  Costa Carvalho, Francisco Herlânio ^a,b,c   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^a   Mattar, Rosiane ^a   Santana, Renato Martins ^a   Viana Murta, Carlos Geraldo ^a   Mendes Barbosa, Maurício ^a   Torloni, Maria Regina ^a   Prado Vasques, Flávio Augusto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidemia at birth; Doppler ultrasound; Ductus venosus

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MCNEMAR TEST; PARAMETER; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE;

ACIDOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ROC CURVE;

EID: 31544458152     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1303     Document Type: Article

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