Diagnosis of station and rotation of the fetal head in the second stage of labor with intrapartum translabial ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-336

  Ghi, T ^a   Farina, A ^a   Pedrazzi, A ^a   Rizzo, N ^a   Pelusi, G ^a   Pilu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetus; Operative delivery; Prenatal diagnosis; Second stage of labor; Translabial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEAD ROTATION; FETUS HEAD STATION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR STAGE 2; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSLABIAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; VULVA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VULVA;

EID: 61849175427     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6313     Document Type: Article

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