Visual analysis of antepartum fetal heart rate tracings: Inter- and intra-observer agreement and impact of knowledge of neonatal outcome

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-245

  Figueras, Francesc ^a   Albela, Sonia ^a   Bonino, Silvana ^a   Palacio, Montse ^a   Barrau, Enrique ^a   Hernandez, Sandra ^a   Casellas, Carme ^a   Coll, Oriol ^a   Cararach, Vicenç ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Department of Obstetrics ^*

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate; Reliability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECELERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 23044461997     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.044     Document Type: Article

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