Sonographic pattern of fetal head descent: Relationship with duration of active second stage of labor and occiput position at delivery

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-89

  Ghi, T ^a   Maroni, E ^a   Youssef, A ^a   Morselli Labate, A M ^b   Paccapelo, A ^b   Montaguti, E ^a   Rizzo, N ^a   Pilu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

intrapartum ultrasound; labor; persistent occiput posterior; second stage; three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABOR STAGE 2; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 84903821335     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13324     Document Type: Article

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