Three-dimensional ultrasound fetal lung volumes and infant respiratory outcome: A prospective observational study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 608-614

  Prendergast, M ^a   Rafferty, G F ^a   Davenport, M ^b   Persico, N ^b   Jani, J ^c   Nicolaides, K ^b   Greenough, A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior wall defect; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal lung volume; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79952672689     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02841.x     Document Type: Article

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