Fetal autonomic response to severe acidaemia during labour

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-437

  Van Laar, Joeh ^a   Peters, C H L ^b   Vullings, R ^c   Houterman, S ^a   Bergmans, J W M ^c   Oei, S G ^a,c  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal distress; Fetal heart rate variability; Frequency analysis; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACIDOSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 76349116298     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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