Cord gas analysis, decision-to-delivery interval, and the 30-minute rule for emergency cesareans

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-235

  Holcroft, Cynthia J ^a,c   Graham, Ernest M ^a   Aina Mumuney, Abimbola ^a   Rai, Karishma K ^b   Henderson, Janice L ^a   Penning, Donald H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACIDOSIS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17144428092     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211245     Document Type: Article

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