Symphysial fundal height (SFH) measurement in pregnancy for detecting abnormal fetal growth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Robert Peter, Japaraj ^a   Ho, Jacqueline J ^b   Valliapan, Jayabalan ^a   Sivasangari, Subramaniam ^c  

^a HOSPITAL RAJA PERMAISURI BAINUN   (Malaysia)

^b PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^c Penang Adventist Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDHOOD; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISTRESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MACROSOMIA; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; NURSERY; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYMPHYSIAL FUNDAL HEIGHT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; ABDOMEN; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UTERUS;

ABDOMEN; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 84964695421     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008136.pub3     Document Type: Review

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