A double-blind randomised controlled trial of continuous oxygen therapy for compromised fetuses

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 509-513

  Lindow, S W ^a,b   Mantel, G D ^a   Anthony, J ^a   Coetzee, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Hull Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREATHING; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS MATURITY; FETUS MORTALITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIASTOLE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0036562701     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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