Estimate of fetal weight by ultrasound within two weeks of delivery in the detection of fetal macrosomia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 441-444

  Phillips, Amy M ^a   Galdamez, Amy B ^a   Ounpraseuth, Songthip T ^b   Magann, Everett F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estimated fetal weight; Fetal macrosomia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LABOR; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84907875566     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12214     Document Type: Article

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