Intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring: Data for clinical decisions

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 362-368

  Thacker, Stephen B ^a   Stroup, Donna F ^a   Peterson, Herbert B ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL DEATH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0031833225     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199806000-00017     Document Type: Review

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