Risk management and electronic fetal monitoring: Decreasing risk of adverse outcomes and liability exposure

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 40-52

  Simpson, Kathleen Rice ^a   Knox, G Eric ^b,c  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Obstetrics Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Electronic fetal monitoring; Fetal assessment; Fetal well being; Intrapartum care; Perinatal risk management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; PREGNANCY; RESUSCITATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; RESUSCITATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0034585299     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-200012000-00004     Document Type: Article

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