Fetal Growth Scans and Amniotic Fluid Assessments in Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-616

  Yehuda, Irma ^a   Nagtalon Ramos, Jamille ^a   Trout, Kimberly ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OBSTETRICAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861671924     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01283.x     Document Type: Note

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