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cranial index

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cranial index see cephalic index .

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External cephalic version with an amniotic fluid index [Less-Than or Equal To]10: A systematic review
Magazine article from: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...role of the amniotic fluid index (AFI) on the success of an external cephalic version (ECV). Study design...version', 'external cephalic version', 'amniotic fluid...Amniotic fluid index, external cephalic version, breech Introduction...
C-section likely: severe obesity linked to failure of external cephalic version.(Obstetrics)
Magazine article from: OB GYN News; 8/15/2004; ; 650 words ; ...delivery, even if external cephalic version is successful, investigators...observational study of external cephalic version (ECV) at Sainte...analysis was a maternal body mass index greater than 35 kg/[m...delivery. Predictors of External Cephalic Version Success Odds Ratio...
Studies from University of Montreal describe new findings in obstetrics.
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 4/9/2009; 700+ words ; ...Sainte-Justine External Cephalic Version Database. Baseline...section on success of external cephalic version while adjusting for parity, maternal body mass index, gestational age, estimated...year period, 1425 external cephalic versions were attempted of...
New obstetrics findings from University of Montreal, Medical Department published.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Women's Health Weekly; 8/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...Betke test before external cephalic version, 30 (2.4%) had...gestational age, body mass index, number of attempts at version...hemorrhage during external cephalic version was 2.4%, with...unwarranted in uneventful external cephalic version and that in Rh-negative...
Notes and Asides.(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: National Review; 12/4/2000; 700+ words ; ...its width, is incorrect. The cephalic index, which defines long-headedness...make a guess as to what their cephalic indexes were. I enjoy your magazine...a relatively long head with a cephalic index below 76 [Greek dolikhos...
High AFI linked to greater external version. (AFI More Than 15 CM).
Magazine article from: OB GYN News; 4/15/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...A higher amniotic fluid index was associated with a greater rate of successful external cephalic version of a breech fetus in...underwent an attempted external cephalic version of a normal term singleton...before an attempted external cephalic version, he said. A higher...
New obesity and diabetes study findings reported from P. Bourquelot and co-authors.(Clinical report)
Newspaper article from: Obesity & Diabetes Week; 9/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...surgeons from creating radial-cephalic arteriovenous accesses for...after creation of a radial-cephalic fistula. Mean patient age...diabetes, and the mean body mass index was 31 +/- 5.6 kg/m...highest proportion of radial-cephalic fistulas because they often...
Isolated oligohydramnios in term pregnancy as an indication for induction of labor
Magazine article from: Journal of Maternal - Fetal & Neonatal Medicine; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...singleton term pregnancies with cephalic presentation and no maternal...with normal amniotic fluid index. Results. The overall rate...singleton pregnancies with cephalic presentation. Materials and...births from singleton term cephalic presentation pregnancies between...
All that is swollen and red is not infection!(Case Report)(Case study)
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Nephrology; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...illustrates the importance of an index of suspicion and careful clinical...and spectral broadening. The cephalic vein proximal to the anastomosis...showed turbulent flow. The cephalic vein distal to the fistula...Subclavian, axillary, and proximal cephalic vein stenosis was ruled out...
Cocoa powder increases postprandial insulinemia in lean young adults1
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...using standardized glycemic index (GI) methodology. The product...within each pair, the insulin index (II) of the chocolate product...insulinogenic amino acids or greater cephalic phase insulin release may explain...chocolate might promote early cephalic phase insulin secretion (5...

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cephalic index
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition cephalic index [Gr. kephale =head], ratio of the breadth of the...length and multiplying by 100. In anthropometry , the cephalic index has been the favored measurement. A cephalic index of 80 or more is called brachycephalic or broad...
cranial index
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition cranial index see cephalic index .
anthropometry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...technique of measuring the human body in terms of dimensions, proportions, and ratios such as those provided by the cephalic index . Once the standard approach to racial classification and comparing humans to other primates, the technique is now...
Beddoe, John
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...physical anthropologist, noting and measuring the varieties of man ’ s hair color, skin color, height, cephalic index, and so forth, throughout the British Isles and Europe. But he was not content with description; he wanted to...
dolichocephaly
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing dolichocephaly (doli-koh- sef -ăli) n. the condition of having a relatively long narrow skull, with a cephalic index of 75 or less. — dolichocephalic adj.

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