Can sonographic depiction of fetal head position prior to or at the onset of labor predict mode of delivery?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Sherer, D M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR PRESENTATION; PELVIC BONES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84863217200     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11213     Document Type: Note

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