Symphysis-fundus height measurement to predict small-for-gestational-age status at birth: A systematic review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pay, Aase Serine D ^a,b   Wiik, Johanna ^c   Backe, Bjørn ^d   Jacobsson, Bo ^b,c   Strandell, Annika ^c   Klovning, Atle ^e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Fetal growth restriction; Pregnancy surveillance; Small for gestational age; Symphysis fundus height

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; NEW ZEALAND; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYMPHYSIS FUNDUS HEIGHT MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84924136336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0461-z     Document Type: Article

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