Role of ultrasound in the labor ward

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 770-775

  Barber, Miguel A ^a   Gutierrez, Luisa ^a   Plasencia, Walter ^a   Valle, Leonor ^a   Garcia Hernandez, Jose A ^a  

^a University Hospital of the Canary Islands   (Spain)

Author keywords

delivery room; Delivery ward; intrapartum ultrasound; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DELIVERY ROOM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR; LABOR WARD; METRORRHAGIA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77954749675     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903353224     Document Type: Article

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