Fetal pulse oximetry and wavelet analysis of the fetal heart rate in the evaluation of abnormal cardiotocography tracings

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Salamalekis, Emmanuel ^a   Siristatidis, Charalambos ^a,c   Vasios, George ^b   Saloum, John ^a   Giannaris, Dimitrios ^a   Chrelias, Charalambos ^a   Prentza, Antonia ^b   Koutsouris, Demetrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abnormal cardiotocography tracings; Cesarean rate; Fetal pulse oximetry; Intrapartum hypoxia monitoring; Neural networks; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PULSE OXIMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OXIMETRY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33645067946     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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