Comparison between ultrasound parameters and clinical examination to assess fetal head station in labor

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-429

  Tutschek, B ^a,b   Torkildsen, E A ^c,d   Eggebo T M ^c  

^a not available   (Switzerland)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

angle of progression; head perineum distance; head symphysis distance; intrapartum ultrasound; station; three dimensional; translabial; transperineal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875436563     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12422     Document Type: Article

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