Imaging and diagnosis of postpartum complications: Sonography and other imaging modalities

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-162

  Kamaya, Aya ^a   Ro, Kyung ^a   Benedetti, Nancy J ^b   Chang, Pauline L ^a   Desser, Terry S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstetric trauma; Ovarian vein thrombosis; Postpartum bleeding; Postpartum complications; Postpartum hemorrhage; Retained products of conception; Subinvolution of the placental implantation; Uterine dehiscence

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; APPENDICITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG EMBOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN VEIN; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETAINED PLACENTA; REVIEW; URETER INJURY; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 70349112309     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181b5451e     Document Type: Review

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