Fetal and umbilical Doppler ultrasound in high-risk pregnancies

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Alfirevic, Zarko ^a   Stampalija, Tamara ^b   Gyte, Gillian M L ^a   Neilson, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

APGAR SCORE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DUCTUS VENOSUS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIC ISCHAEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTUBATION; LABOR; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NECROSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICUS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 65649135004     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007529     Document Type: Review

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