Outcome of small-for-gestational-age fetuses according to umbilical artery Doppler: Is there any yield from additional middle cerebral artery Doppler?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 900-905

  Nanthakomon, Tongta ^a   Uerpairojkit, Boonchai ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Doppler; middle cerebral artery; outcome; small for gestational age; umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954741266     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903353208     Document Type: Article

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