Is the antenatal prediction of fetal macrosomia worthwhile?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Farah, Nadine ^a   Fattah, C ^a   Barry, S ^a   Donnelly, V ^a   Stuart, B ^a   Turner, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 70349512289     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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