Uncertain value of electronic fetal monitoring in predicting cerebral palsy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 613-618

  Nelson, Karin B ^a   Dambrosia, James M ^a   Ting, Tricia Y ^b,c   Grether, Judith K ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030070405     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199603073341001     Document Type: Article

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