Linear and nonlinear fetal heart rate analysis of normal and acidemic fetuses in the minutes preceding delivery

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 847-855

  Gonçalves, Hernâni ^a   Rocha, Ana Paula ^a   Ayres de Campos, Diogo ^b   Bernardes, João ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acidemia; Entropy; Fetal heart rate (FHR); Linear and nonlinear indices; Second stage of labor

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETAL HEART RATE; SECOND STAGE OF LABOR;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARDIOLOGY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY;

FETAL MONITORING;

ACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTROPY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LABOR; LINEAR SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACIDOSIS; ACIDS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749566759     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0105-6     Document Type: Article

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