Sonographic fetal asymmetry predicts shoulder dystocia

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1523-1528

  Miller, Russell S ^a   Devine, Patricia C ^a   Johnson, E Blair ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry; Shoulder dystocia; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NEONATAL MONITORING; STATISTICAL TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FETAL BIOMETRY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA;

FETAL MONITORING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; NEWBORN; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DYSTOCIA; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38549103309     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.11.1523     Document Type: Article

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