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Reversed end diastolic flow velocity in viable fetuses: is there time to wait for the effect of corticosteroids before delivery?
Author(s) -
du Plessis J.M,
Hall D.R,
Norman K,
Odendaal H.J
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/s0020-7292(00)00363-5
Subject(s) - medicine , umbilical artery , fetus , fetal distress , diastole , cardiology , anesthesia , pregnancy , blood pressure , genetics , biology
In severely pre‐term, but viable fetuses with reversed end diastolic flow velocity in the umbilical artery, there is time for the effects of corticosteroids before delivery, unless fetal distress occurs.