Compliance with a fetal movement chart by high-risk obstetric patients in a Peruvian hospital

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Gómez, Luis M ^a,d   De La Vega, Guillermo ^b   Padilla, Lourdes ^c   Bautista, Fernando ^c   Villar, Aurora ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOCENTE MADRE NIÑO SAN BARTOLOMÉ   (Peru)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Count to 10 chart; Fetal movement chart; High risk obstetric patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COUNT TO TEN CHART METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT CHART; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATOLOGY; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERU; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847689864     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958160     Document Type: Article

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