The sonopartogram: A novel method for recording progress of labor by ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-194

  Hassan, W A ^a   Eggebo T ^b,c   Ferguson, M ^d   Gillett, A ^e   Studd, J ^f   Pasupathy, D ^e   Lees, C C ^a,g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Rosie Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

intrapartum; partogram; transperineal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEAD; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM; LABOR STAGE 1; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTOGRAM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSPERINEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

INTRAPARTUM; PARTOGRAM; TRANSPERINEAL;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEAD; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893488620     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13212     Document Type: Article

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