Ultrasonographic fetal head position to predict mode of delivery: A systematic review and bivariate meta-analysis

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-13

  Verhoeven, C J M ^a   Ruckert M E P F ^b   Opmeer, B C ^b   Pajkrt, E ^b   Mol, B W J ^a,b  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; fetal head position; mode of delivery; occiput posterior; prediction; systematic review; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; LABOR; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863208046     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10102     Document Type: Review

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