Effect of vibroacoustic stimulation on fetal meconium passage in labor

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-83

  Zimmer, Etan Z ^a,b   Talmon, Rafael ^a   Makler Shiran, Einat ^a   Jakobi, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

fetus; labor; meconium; Vibroacoustic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; LABOR INDUCTION; MECONIUM; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030059547     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994297     Document Type: Article

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