Intrapartum measurement of cervical dilatation using translabial 3-dimensional ultrasonography: Correlation with digital examination and interobserver and intraobserver agreement assessment

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1289-1296

  Zimerman, Ariel L ^a   Smolin, Ana ^a   Maymon, Ron ^a   Weinraub, Zvi ^a   Herman, Arie ^a   Tobvin, Yosef ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

3 dimensional translabial ultrasonography; Cervical dilatation; Intrapartum ultrasonography; Term labor

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; 3D ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CERVICAL DILATATION; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

E-LEARNING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 1; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74749105023     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.10.1289     Document Type: Article

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