What's a proper push? The Valsalva manoeuvre revisited

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-285

  Mulder, Femke E M ^a   Shek, Ka L ^b   Dietz, Hans P ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Bladder neck descent; Pelvic floor; Pelvic organ descent; Ultrasound; Valsalva manoeuvre

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER; VALSALVA MANEUVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862574132     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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