Staircase sign: A newly described uterine contraction pattern seen in rupture of unscarred gravid uterus

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-104

  Matsuo, Koji ^a,b   Scanlon, Jennifer T ^a   Atlas, Robert O ^a   Kopelman, Jerome N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal bradycardia; Staircase sign; Unscarred uterus; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DYNAMOMETER; FEMALE; FETUS BRADYCARDIA; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MULTIPARA; MYOMECTOMY; STAIRCASE SIGN; TRANSDUCER; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; LABOR, INDUCED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 38449103581     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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