Persistent foetal tachycardia as an early marker of chorion-amnionitis: Description of a clinical case

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 371-374

  Paternoster, D M ^a,b   Laureti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Clin di Ostet e Ginecol via G   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chorionamnionitis; Foetal tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029823587     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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