Routine ultrasound in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks' gestation)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Bricker, Leanne ^a   Neilson, James P ^b   Dowswell, Therese ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Humans; Pregnancy; Pregnancy trimester, second; Pregnancy trimester, third; Ultrasonography, prenatal

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; BREECH PRESENTATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTHER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 55049133196     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001451.pub3     Document Type: Review

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