Maternal self-administered fetal heart rate monitoring and transmission from home in high-risk pregnancies

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-39

  Kerner, R ^a,b   Yogev, Y ^a,b   Belkin, A ^a,b   Ben Haroush, A ^a,b   Zeevi, B ^a,b   Hod, M ^a,b  

^a WHO Collaborating Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal monitoring; Fetal surveillance; Non stress test; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MOVEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TELEPHONE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0346690209     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(03)00331-X     Document Type: Article

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