Prediction of neonatal acidemia by computer analysis of fetal heart rate and ST event signals

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 464.e1-464.e6

  Costa, Antonia ^a,b   Ayres de Campos, Diogo ^a,b   Costa, Fernanda ^a   Santos, Cristina ^c   Bernardes, Joao ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cardiotocography; computer assisted; electrocardiography; fetal heart rate; fetal hypoxia; fetal monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ACIDOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ST SEGMENT; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ACIDOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350572323     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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