Signal quality of non-invasive foetal electrocardiogram (ECG) during labour;Signalqualität der nicht invasiven fetalen Elektrokardiografie (EKG) unter der Geburt

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 703-706

  Reinhard, J ^a   Hayes Gill, B R ^b   Yi, Q ^c   Hatzmann, H ^a   Schiermeier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Monica Healthcare Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foetal electrocardiogram (ECG); Foetal heart rate; Intra partum assessment; Labour; Maternal heart rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR STAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 70350498999     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: 14388804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185936     Document Type: Article

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