Monitoring contractions in obese parturients: Electrohysterography compared with traditional monitoring

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1136-1140

  Euliano, Tammy Y ^a   Nguyen, Minh Tam ^a   Marossero, Dorothee ^a   Edwards, Rodney K ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 34247585170     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000258799.24496.93     Document Type: Article

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