The effect of maternal position on uterine artery flow during antepartum fetal heart rate testing.
Uterine artery flow-velocity waveforms obtained with continuous wave Doppler techniques during nonstress testing showed no difference between the left lateral decubitus position and the supine position, suggesting no difference in uterine blood flow.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*