Whose distress is it anyway? 'Fetal distress' and the 30-minute rule

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 732-733

  Yentis, S M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; APGAR SCORE; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041742492     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03349.x     Document Type: Editorial

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