Poor neonatal acid-base status in term fetuses with low cerebroplacental ratio

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-161

  Morales ROSELLOo J ^a   Khalil, A ^b   Morlando, M ^b   Bhide, A ^b   Papageorghiou, A ^b   Thilaganathan, B ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebroplacental ratio; Cord pH; Failure to reach growth potential; Fetal acid base status; Fetal Doppler; Fetal growth restriction

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922679764     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14647     Document Type: Article

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