Prevention of birth asphyxia: responding appropriately to cardiotocograph (CTG) traces

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 609-624

  Chandraharan, Edwin ^a   Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute bradycardia; acute tocolysis; birth asphyxia; cardiotocograph (CTG); prolonged decelerations; scar dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; OXYGEN; TERBUTALINE; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LABOR; LEARNING DISORDER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN DEATH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; TOCOLYSIS;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL ERRORS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547093185     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2007.02.008     Document Type: Review

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