Sonographic prediction of fetal macrosomia : The consequences of false diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Melamed, Nir ^a,b   Yogev, Yariv ^a,b   Meizner, Israel ^a,b   Mashiach, Reuven ^a,b   Ben Haroush, Avi ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Estimated fetal weight; Macrosomia; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FETAL MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; TRUE NEGATIVE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MACROSOMIA; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMORBIDITY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 75749152086     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.2.225     Document Type: Article

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