Intrapartum ultrasonogram for the determination of fetal occiput position and risk of cesarean section

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-153

  Sabsamruei, Prae ^a   Tanprasertkul, Chamnan ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Fetal occiput position; Intrapartum ultrasonogram; Occiput posterior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY POSITION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETAL OCCIPUT POSITION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR ONSET; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABOR PRESENTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VERSION, FETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949674551     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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