Intrauterine growth restriction: new standards for assessing adverse outcome

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 741-749

  Gardosi, Jason ^a  

^a West Midlands Perinatal Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birthweight; customised centiles; fetal growth; intrauterine growth restriction; perinatal morbidity; perinatal mortality; small for gestational age; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL CARE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STANDARD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 71849086612     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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