Added value of umbilical vein flow as a predictor of perinatal outcome in term small-for-gestational-age fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Parra Saavedra, M ^a,b   Crovetto, F ^a,c   Triunfo, S ^a,d   Savchev, S ^a   Parra, G ^b   Sanz, M ^a   Gratacos, E ^a   Figueras, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Maternal Fetal Unit CEDIFETAL Centro de Diagnóstico de Ultrasonido e Imágenes   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

decision tree; Doppler; growth restriction; IUGR; perinatal outcome; SGA; weight centile

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL VEIN; UTERINE ARTERY; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; DOPPLER; GROWTH RESTRICTION; IUGR; METHODOLOGY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; SGA; WEIGHT CENTILE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS; UTERINE ARTERY;

DECISION TREE; DOPPLER; GROWTH RESTRICTION; IUGR; PERINATAL OUTCOME; SGA; WEIGHT CENTILE;

EID: 84881350931     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12380     Document Type: Article

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