ST analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram in intrapartum fetal monitoring: A meta-analysis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-154

  Becker, Jeroen H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Bax, Leon ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Amer Wåhlin, Isis ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Ojala, Kati ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Vayssière, Christophe ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Westerhuis, Michelle E M H ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Mol, Ben Willem ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Visser, Gerard H A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Maršál, Karel ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Kwee, Anneke ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Moons, Karel G M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Medical University   (France)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f CERTARA   (United States)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRAPARTUM CARE; INTUBATION; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ST SEGMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84255169875     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31823d8230     Document Type: Review

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