Predicting perinatal outcome through changes in umbilical artery Doppler studies after antenatal corticosteroids in the growth-restricted fetus

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 636-640

  Robertson, Marcus C ^a   Murila, Florence ^a   Tong, Stephen ^a   Baker, Lesleigh S ^a   Yu, Victor Y ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; INOTROPIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 64249155682     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318197bf4d     Document Type: Article

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