Comparison of non-invasive fetal electrocardiogram to Doppler cardiotocogram during the 1st stage of labor

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-185

  Reinhard, Joscha ^a   Hayes Gill, Barrie R ^b   Yi, Qian ^c   Hatzmann, Hendrike ^a   Schiermeier, Sven ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Monica Healthcare Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler cardiotocogram; First stage of labor; Non invasive fetal electrocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77749267576     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.025     Document Type: Article

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