Prediction of intrapartum Cesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal status after a successful external cephalic version by a low pre-version pulsatility index of the fetal middle cerebral artery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-419

  Leung, T Y ^a,b   Fok, W Y ^a   Chan, L W ^a   Law, L W ^a   Lau, T K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Doppler; External cephalic version; Middle cerebral artery; Non reassuring fetal status; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAL OF LABOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VERSION, FETAL;

EID: 33646678236     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2700     Document Type: Article

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