What is the gold standard for intrapartum fetal monitoring?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1011-1014

  Yli, Branka M ^a   Kessler, Jørg ^b,c   Eikeland, Torunn ^d   Hustad, Berit Lunden ^e   Dragnes, Winnie ^f   Henriksen, Tore ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Norway)

^f AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

cardiotocography; fetal monitoring; health technology; Labor; ST interval analysis of fetal electrocardiogram (STAN)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAPARTUM CARE; INTRAPARTUM FETAL MONITORING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NORWAY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 84865114612     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01475.x     Document Type: Review

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