A new method to assess fetal head descent in labor with transperineal ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-319

  Barbera, A F ^a   Pombar, X ^d   Peruginoj, G ^e   Lezotte, D C ^b   Hobbins, J C ^c  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Departments of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fetal head station; Labor; Transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ERROR; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEAD DESCENT; FETUS MONITORING; HEAD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 2; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL; TRANSPERINEAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849179360     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6329     Document Type: Article

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