Preoperative predictors of death in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated with laser ablation of placental anastomoses

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388.e1-388.e11

  Skupski, Daniel W ^a   Luks, Francois I ^b   Walker, Martin ^c   Papanna, Ramesha ^d   Bebbington, Michael ^e   Ryan, Greg ^f   O'Shaughnessy, Richard ^g   Moldenhauer, Julie ^h   Bahtiyar, Ozan ⁱ  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Evergreen Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

laser therapy; stepwise logistic regression; twin twin transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DUCTUS VENOSUS; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WEIGHT; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYDROPS; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN DEATH; NORTH AMERICA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICUS; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ETIOLOGY; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HYDROPS FETALIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL WEIGHT; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; LASER THERAPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY REDUCTION, MULTIFETAL; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 77957378077     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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