Use of peripartum ST analysis of fetal electrocardiogram without blood sampling: A large prospective cohort study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-40

  Doret, Muriel ^a,b   Massoud, Mona ^a,b   Constans, Anne ^a,b   Gaucherand, Pascal ^a,b  

^a HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal ECG; Fetal metabolic acidosis; Labour; Monitoring; STAN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS FUNCTION TEST; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT; ST SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 79955630359     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.12.042     Document Type: Article

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