Are fetuses that fail to achieve their growth potential at increased risk of intrapartum compromise?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 460-464

  Prior, T ^a,b   Paramasivam, G ^a   Bennett, P ^a,b   Kumar, S ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cerebro umbilical ratio; cerebroplacental ratio; fetal Doppler; growth potential

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIRTH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSED DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 84942945589     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.14758     Document Type: Article

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