Is the use of symphysis-fundal height measurement and ultrasound examination effective in detecting small or large fetuses?

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 380-383

  Hargreaves, K ^a,b   Cameron, M ^a   Edwards, H ^a,b   Gray, R ^b   Deane, K ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimated fetal weight; fetus; fundal height; labour outcome; LGA; SGA; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR INDUCTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS FUNDUS HEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79957827117     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2011.567343     Document Type: Article

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