Uterine activity monitoring during labor

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 468-477

  Bakker, Petra C A M ^a   Van Rijsiwijk, Suzanne ^a   Van Geijn, Herman P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contraction parameters; Contraction patterns; External monitoring; Internal monitoring; Quantitation; Uterine activity

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; LABOR MANAGEMENT; PALPATION; PARAMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS PERFORATION; UTERUS RELAXATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING; UTERUS;

EID: 36849086882     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.116     Document Type: Review

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