Changes in the PR interval-fetal heart rate relationship of the electrocardiogram during fetal compromise in chronically instrumented sheep

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 548-554

  Van Wijngaarden, Willem J ^a   De Haan, Harmen H ^b   Sahota, Daljit S ^a   James, David K ^a   Symonds, E Malcolm ^a   Hasaart, Tom H M ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal distress; Fetal electrocardiography; Fetal lamb; Intrapartum monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HYPOXEMIA; NONHUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

EID: 0029849191     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74285     Document Type: Article

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