Intrapartum heart rate ambiguity: A comparison of cardiotocogram and abdominal fetal electrocardiogram with maternal electrocardiogram

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Reinhard, Joscha ^a   Hayes Gill, Barrie R ^b   Schiermeier, Sven ^c   Hatzmann, Hendrike ^c   Heinrich, Tomas M ^a   Louwen, Frank ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal fetal electrocardiogram; Abdominal maternal electrocardiogram; Fetal heart monitoring; Fetal heart rate; Maternal heart rate; Signal ambiguity and confusion

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; CARDIOTOCOGRAPH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART; LABOR MANAGEMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84874499551     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345059     Document Type: Article

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