Fetal acidemia and electronic fetal heart rate patterns: Is there evidence of an association?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-294

  Parer, J T ^a,c   King, T ^a   Flanders, S ^a   Fox, M ^a   Kilpatrick, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic FHR monitoring; Fetal acidemia; Fetal monitoring; Fetal pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS; APGAR SCORE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; KINETICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33745061992     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500526172     Document Type: Article

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