Electronic fetal monitoring as a public health screening program: The arithmetic of failure

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1397-1400

  Grimes, David A ^a   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MONITORING; LABOR; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ERROR; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650131178     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181fae39f     Document Type: Review

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