Cesarean delivery for intrapartum fetal heart rate abnormalities: Incorporating survey data into clinical judgment

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-64

  Skupski, Daniel W ^a   Chervenak, Frank A ^b   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Horowitz, Sandra ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029949990     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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