Antenatal Fetal Assessment: Contraction Stress Test, Nonstress Test, Vibroacoustic Stimulation, Amniotic Fluid Volume, Biophysical Profile, and Modified Biophysical Profile-An Overview

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-252

  Devoe, Lawrence D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic fluid; antepartum testing; biophysical profile; contraction stress test; nonstress test

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACTION STRESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FETAL BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE; FETUS CONTROL; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MODIFIED BIOPHYSICAL PROFILE; NONSTRESS TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYTOCIN TEST; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; VIBROACOUSTIC STIMULATION;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 47349105596     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.04.005     Document Type: Review

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