Sensitivity and specificity of intrapartum computerised FIGO criteria for cardiotocography and fetal scalp pH during labour: Multicentre, observational study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1557-1563

  Schiermeier, S ^a   Pildner Von Steinburg, S ^b   Thieme, A ^b   Reinhard, J ^a   Daumer, M ^c   Scholz, M ^c   Hatzmann, W ^a   Schneider, K T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TRIUM ANALYSIS ONLINE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Computer analysis; Fetal heart rate; Fetal heart rate analysis; Intrapartum monitoring; Neonatal acidaemia

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACIDEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECELERATION; DELIVERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNITY WARD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACIDOSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53849123330     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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