A survey of policies for the monitoring of fetal growth in Australian and New Zealand hospitals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 493-498

  Gibbons, Kristen ^a   Beckmann, Michael ^b   Flenady, Vicki ^a,c   Rossouw, Dominique ^a   Gardener, Glenn ^b,c   Mahomed, Kassam ^c,d   Gray, Peter H ^b,c   Devenish Meares, Paul ^b  

^a MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d IPSWICH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

antenatal screening; fetal growth; survey

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MONITORING; GROWTH CHARTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 82955249254     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2011.01354.x     Document Type: Review

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