Comparison of the learning curves of digital examination and transabdominal sonography for the determination of fetal head position during labor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-337

  Rozenberg, P ^a,c   Porcher, R ^b   Salomon, L J ^a   Boirot, F ^a   Morin, C ^a   Ville, Y ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

CUSUM; Digital examination; Fetal head position; Labor ultrasound examination; Learning curve

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL VAGINAL EXAMINATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LABOR; MIDWIFE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR STAGE 2; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 49949091949     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5267     Document Type: Article

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