Complications of fetal scalp electrode placement: A case report, literature review and summary of case reports

Expert Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-120

  De Groot, Pieter Folkert ^a   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a   Onland, Wes ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

complication; fetal monitoring; herpes simplex infection; meningitis; osteomyelitis; scalp abscess; scalp electrode; scalp pathology; sepsis; spiral electrode

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART AUSCULTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACERATION; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN DEATH; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCALP; SEPSIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ELECTRODE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84874587536     PISSN: 17474108     EISSN: 17474116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eog.13.9     Document Type: Article

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