Uterine activity: Implications for the condition of the fetus

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-37

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate pattern; Fetal outcome; Fetal oxygenation; Paturation; Umbilical artery blood flow velocity; Uterine activity; Uterine artery blood flow velocity

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART PRELOAD; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABOR; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 38049123827     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2008.003     Document Type: Review

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