Electronic fetal monitoring: What's reassuring?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Berkus, Michael D ^a   Langer, Oded ^a   Samueloff, Arnon ^a   Xenakis, Elly M J ^a   Field, Nancy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse neonatal outcome; Electronic fetal monitoring; Fetal heart rate accelerations; Reassuring fetal heart tracing

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DECELERATION; ELECTRONICS; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MECONIUM; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0032928809     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.780105.x     Document Type: Article

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