Intrapartum ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-139

  Sherer, D M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; BLADDER CAPACITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDICAL CARE; MYOMETRIUM; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; LABOR PRESENTATION; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34547938900     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4096     Document Type: Review

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