Fetal and umbilical Doppler ultrasound in normal pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Alfirevic, Zarko ^a   Stampalija, Tamara ^b   Medley, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; META ANALYSIS; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; WAVEFORM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 84944463283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001450.pub4     Document Type: Review

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