Imaging and obesity: A perspective during pregnancy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-319

  Maxwell, Cynthia ^a,b   Glanc, Phyllis ^b,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Fetal anomalies; Maternal complications; Obesity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERGONOMICS; FETUS RISK; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MACROSOMIA; MATERNAL CARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79251522498     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5849     Document Type: Review

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