Fetal heart rate in the second stage of labor: Recording, reading, interpreting and acting

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2551-2554

  Tranquilli, Andrea L ^a  

^a Department OB/GYN at Salesi Hospital ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Cardiotocography; FHR decelerations; Neonatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CARDIOTOCOGRAPH; DELIVERY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REVIEW;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; READING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84870356639     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2012.718395     Document Type: Review

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