Timing Delivery of the Growth-Restricted Fetus

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 262-269

  Galan, Henry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical profile; Doppler; Early term; Fetal death; Intrauterine growth restriction; Late preterm; Middle cerebral artery; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; DELIVERY; DELIVERY TIMING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY TERM PERIOD; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MORTALITY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; LATE PRETERM PERIOD; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053456386     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.05.009     Document Type: Review

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