Amniotic fluid and the clinical relevance of the sonographically estimated amniotic fluid volume: Oligohydramnios

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1573-1585

  Magann, Everett F ^a   Sandlin, Adam T ^a   Ounpraseuth, Songthip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Amniotic fluid index; Oligohydramnios; Single deepest Pocket

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION TECHNIQUE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; SINGLE DEEPEST POCKET; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AMNION FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DYE DILUTION CURVE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG; MICTURITION; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SWALLOWING;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; DEGLUTITION; DYE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINATION;

EID: 80655139769     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.11.1573     Document Type: Review

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