Intrapartum fetal heart rate definitions and interpretation: Evolving consensus

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Miller, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate monitoring; Intrapartum management; Standardized interpretation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BRADYCARDIA; CONSENSUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; OXYGENATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TACHYCARDIA;

ANOXIA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (U.S.); PREGNANCY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951606710     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31820a04e5     Document Type: Review

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