Ultrasound assessment of cervical length in prolonged pregnancy: Prediction of spontaneous onset of labor and successful vaginal delivery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-331

  Vankayalapati, P ^a   Sethna, F ^a   Roberts, N ^a   Ngeh, N ^a   Thilaganathan, B ^a   Bhide, A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postdates; Prolonged pregnancy; Ultrasound cervical length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR ONSET; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 49949116335     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5254     Document Type: Article

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