ST analysis of fetal electrocardiography in labor

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Amer Wahlin I ^a   Marsal K ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Fetal blood sampling; Fetal ECG; Intrapartum monitoring; Neonatal acidemia; Neonatal encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LABOR; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ST SEGMENT; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650562313     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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