Failure to rescue as a process measure to evaluate fetal safety during labor

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Beaulieu, Michele J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure to rescue process; Nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns; Perinatal patient safety; Process measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STANDARD; TIME;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62749108505     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000343861.64614.c9     Document Type: Article

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