Intrapartum monitoring of high-risk deliveries with ST analysis of the fetal electrocardiogram: An observational study of 6010 deliveries

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-84

  Kessler, Jörg ^a   Moster, Dag ^a,b   Albrechtsen, Susanne ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

fetal ECG; Intrapartum monitoring; metabolic acidosis; neonatal outcome; ST analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872298250     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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