Does ultrasonographic foetal head position prior to induction of labour predict the outcome of delivery?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Verhoeven, Corine J M ^a   Mulders, Leon G M ^a   Oei, S Guid ^a   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a,b  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foetal head position; Induction of labour; Labour presentation; Mode of delivery; Occipitoposterior position; Prediction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NETHERLANDS; NULLIPARA; OCCIPITOANTERIOR POSITION; OCCIPITOPOSTERIOR POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84866743945     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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