Clinical significance of uterine artery blood flow velocity waveforms during provoked uterine contractions in high-risk pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-434

  Li, H ^a,b   Gudmundsson, S ^a   Olofsson, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contraction; Doppler; Flow; Labor; Oxytocin; Pregnancy; Resistance; Uterine

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WAVEFORM;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 4444313946     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1708     Document Type: Article

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