The importance of the cerebroplacental ratio in the evaluation of fetal well-being in SGA and AGA fetuses

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-15

  DeVore, Greggory R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biophysical profile; Doppler; fetal distress; intrauterine growth restriction; middle cerebral artery; perinatal morbidity; umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; APPROPRIATE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBROPLACENTAL RATIO; CESAREAN SECTION; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS RISK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERINATAL DEATH; PH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84937501053     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.05.024     Document Type: Review

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