Vibroacoustic stimulation for fetal assessment in labour in the presence of a nonreassuring fetal heart rate trace

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  East, Christine E ^a   Smyth, Rebecca M D ^b   Leader, Leo R ^c   Henshall, Naomi E ^d   Colditz, Paul B ^e   Lau, Rosalind ^a   Tan, Kelvin H ^f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIBROACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; STARTLE REACTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874797179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004664.pub3     Document Type: Review

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