Intrapartum management of nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns: A randomized controlled trial of fetal pulse oximetry

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1989-1995

  Kühnert, Maritta ^a   Schmidt, Stephan ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal oxygen saturation; Fetal pulse oximetry; Intrapartum triple fetal surveillance; Nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10044224353     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.04.036     Document Type: Article

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