Intrapartum fetal oxygen saturation monitoring in a busy labour ward

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Chua, S ^a   Yam, J ^a   Razvi, K ^a   Yeong, S M ^a   Arulkumaran, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Feasible; Fetal pulse oximetry; Intrapartum fetal monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER;

EID: 0033016830     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00223-1     Document Type: Article

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