The Role of Preterm Placental Calcification in High-Risk Pregnancy as a Predictor of Poor Uteroplacental Blood Flow and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1011-1018

  Chen, Kuo Hu ^a,b,c   Chen, Li Ru ^d,e   Lee, Yu Hsiang ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Doppler velocimetry; Fetal outcome; High risk pregnancy; Maternal outcome; Preterm placental calcification

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; COHORT STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; END-DIASTOLIC VELOCITIES; FETAL OUTCOME; HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; MATERNAL OUTCOME; MATERNAL TRANSFER; PLACENTA PREVIA; PLACENTAL ABRUPTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRETERM BIRTH;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTICS;

OBSTETRICS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRETERM PLACENTAL CALCIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84860493395     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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