Abnormal fetal heart rate tracing patterns in patients with thick meconium staining of the amniotic fluid: association with perinatal outcomes

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283.e1-283.e7

  Xu, Hairong ^a   Mas Calvet, Marie ^a   Wei, Shu Qin ^a   Luo, Zhong Cheng ^a   Fraser, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fetal heart rate tracing; meconium stained amniotic fluid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DECELERATION; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 60849092233     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.08.043     Document Type: Article

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