Audit of a fetal central monitoring station in a clinical setting

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1249-1253

  Amorim Costa, Célia ^a,b   Ayres De Campos, Diogo ^a,b   Sousa, Paulo ^b   Bernardes, João ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; clinical audit; computer analysis; fetal; fetal monitoring; heart rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL LOSS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL QUALITY; TRACING DURATION; TRACING IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053036575     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.572201     Document Type: Article

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