Knowledge of adverse neonatal outcome alters clinicians' interpretation of the intrapartum cardiotocograph

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 978-984

  Ayres de Campos, D ^a,b,c   Arteiro, D ^b   Costa Santos, C ^a   Bernardes, J ^a,b,c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agreement; Cardiotocography; Fetal; Fetal hypoxia; Fetal monitoring; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAPARTUM CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 79959836242     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03003.x     Document Type: Article

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