Management of intrapartum fetal heart rate tracings

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1232-1240

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ACCELERATION; ACIDEMIA; BRADYCARDIA; DECELERATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; UTERUS CONTRACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

INFUSION FLUID; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; TERBUTALINE; UTEROTONIC AGENT; UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

EID: 78049333100     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182004fa9     Document Type: Review

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