Precise mid-trimester placenta localisation: Does it predict adverse outcomes?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Robinson, Alice J ^a   Muller, Peter R ^b   Allan, Richard ^c   Ross, Richard ^a,f   Baghurst, Peter A ^b,d   Keirse, Marc J N C ^a,e  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mid trimester; Placenta; Placenta praevia; Pregnancy outcome; Ultrasound; Vasa praevia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASA PREVIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859470225     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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