Fetal pulse oximetry

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 481-486

  Luttkus, Andreas K ^a   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW;

FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032421040     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001703-199812000-00009     Document Type: Review

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