High uterine contraction rates in births with normal and abnormal umbilical artery gases

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2302-2307

  Hamilton, Emily ^a,b   Warrick, Philip ^a   Knox, Eric ^a   O'Keeffe, Daniel ^c   Garite, Thomas ^d  

^a PeriGen   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal heart rate decelerations; Metabolic acidemia; Uterine tachysystole

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDEMIA; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE CONTRACTION RATE; UTERINE TACHYSYSTOLE; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS DISEASE;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASES; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERINE CONTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867533205     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.691578     Document Type: Article

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