Whither electronic fetal monitoring?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1130-1134

  Sandmire, Herbert F ^a  

^a St Vincent Hospital Green Bay   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MONITORING; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025223541     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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