Rate of postdates induction using first-trimester ultrasound to determine estimated due date: Wellington Regional Hospital audit

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 216-219

  Tun, May ^a,b   Tuohy, Jeremy ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington Public Hospital ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

delivery; first trimester ultrasound; gestational age; postdates induction; postterm; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958088919     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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