Has electronic fetal heart rate monitoring made a difference?

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-7

  Steer, Philip J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Cerebral palsy; CTG; Electronic fetal monitoring; Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HYPOXIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAW SUIT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PULSE OXIMETRY; ST SEGMENT;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 37349033243     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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