Fetal heart rate patterns and ECG ST segment changes preceding metabolic acidaemia at birth

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 160-165

  Amer Wåhlin, Isis ^a   Ingemarsson, Ingemar ^a   Marsal, Karel ^a   Herbst, Andreas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; SWEDEN;

ACIDOSIS; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FETAL DISEASES; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13244272064     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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