Ultrasound of the post-partum uterus

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-349

  Deans, Rebecca ^a   Dietz, Hans Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Morbidity; Post partum; Transabdominal ultrasound; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 33745608496     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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