Agreement between two- and three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound methods in assessing fetal head descent in the first stage of labor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 310-315

  Torkildsen, E A ^a   Salvesen, K A ^b,c   Eggeboo T M ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

agreement; angle of progression; fetal head perineum distance; intrapartum ultrasound; reproducibility; three dimensional; transperineal ultrasound; two dimensional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERINEUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERINEUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84857837712     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9065     Document Type: Article

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