Medical legal value of cardiotocograms recorded during labor;VALEUR MEDICO-LEGALE DE L'ENREGISTREMENT DU RYTHME CARDIAQUE FOETAL AU COURS DU TRAVAIL

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 561-566

  Cynober, E ^a   Jeny, R ^a  

^a Hopital Esquirol   (France)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Cerebral palsy; Fetal blood analysis; Fetal monitoring; Labor; Litigation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR; LAW SUIT; BRAIN DISEASE; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; FRANCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; TIME;

BRAIN DISEASES; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; FRANCE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030831148     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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