Antepartum fetal testing: A critical appraisal

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Manning, Frank A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid volume; Cerebral palsy; Doppler ultrasound; Fetal biophysical profile score

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; CONTRACTION STRESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS MONITORING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ARTERIES; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HUMANS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VEINS;

EID: 68949172201     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32832ae0b3     Document Type: Review

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