Measurement of fetal head descent using the 'angle of progression' on transperineal ultrasound imaging is reliable regardless of fetal head station or ultrasound expertise

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-222

  Duckelmann A M ^a   Bamberg, C ^a   Michaelis, S A M ^a   Lange, J ^a   Nonnenmacher, A ^a   Dudenhausen, J W ^a   Kalache, K D ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angle of progression; Labor; Transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LABOR PRESENTATION; MIDWIFERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76249102734     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7521     Document Type: Article

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