Fetal heart rate changes do not reflect cardiovascular deterioration during brief repeated umbilical cord occlusions in near-term fetal lambs

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 176, Issue 1 I, 1997, Pages 8-17

  De Haan, Harmen H ^a   Gunn, Alistair J ^a   Gluckman, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asphyxia neonatorum; Fetal heart rate monitoring; Fetal lamb; Hypotension; Umbilical cord occlusion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UMBILICAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ASPHYXIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYPOTENSION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0030638412     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)80004-X     Document Type: Article

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