Fetal heart rate response to strenuous maternal exercise: Not a predictor of fetal distress

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 811-816

  Kennelly, Mairead M ^a   McCaffrey, Noel ^b   McLoughlin, Paul ^b   Lyons, Suzanne ^b   McKenna, Peter ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b University College

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate change; Maternal exercise; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TACHYCARDIA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0036739038     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.125892     Document Type: Article

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