Outcomes of pregnancies with a low-lying placenta diagnosed on second-trimester sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 691-696

  Heller, Howard T ^a   Mullen, Katherine M ^a   Gordon, Robert W ^a   Reiss, Rosemary E ^a   Benson, Carol B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Low lying placenta; Obstetric ultrasound; Placenta previa; Sonography; Vasa previa

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

GESTATIONAL AGE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; LOW-LYING PLACENTA; MEDICAL RECORD; OR COVERINGS; PLACENTA PREVIA; SECOND-TRIMESTER SONOGRAPHY; VASA PREVIA;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW-LYING PLACENTA; OBSTETRIC ULTRASOUND; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VASA PREVIA; YOUNG ADULT;

LOW-LYING PLACENTA; OBSTETRIC ULTRASOUND; PLACENTA PREVIA; SONOGRAPHY; VASA PREVIA;

ADULT; BOSTON; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897044793     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.4.691     Document Type: Article

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