Revisiting the use of the electronic fetal monitor

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9356, 2003, Pages 445-446

  Thacker, Stephen B ^a   Stroup, Donna F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY ROOM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037425725     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12465-8     Document Type: Note

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