Assessment of fetal cerebral arterial and venous blood flow before and after vaginal delivery or Cesarean section

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 522-528

  Baytur, Y B ^a,b   Tarhan, S ^a   Uyar, Y ^a   Ozcakir, H T ^a   Lacin, S ^a   Coban, B ^a   Inceboz, U ^a   Caglar, H ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Erzene Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow velocity; Cerebral transverse sinus; Doppler ultrasound; Middle cerebral artery; Neonates; Type of delivery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN VEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 7044262738     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1749     Document Type: Article

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