Intermittent Auscultation for Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Surveillance (replaces ACNM Clinical Bulletin #9, March 2007)

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-403

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ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT AUSCULTATION; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953990878     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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