Tachysystole in term labor: Incidence, risk factors, outcomes, and effect on fetal heart tracings

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32.e1-32.e6

  Heuser, Cara C ^a   Knight, Stacey ^a   Esplin, M Sean ^a   Eller, Alexandra G ^a   Holmgren, Calla M ^a   Richards, Douglas ^a   Henry, Erick ^b   Jackson, G Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractions; Fetal heart tracing; Hyperstimulation; Labor; Tachysystole

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYSYSTOLE;

EID: 84880136366     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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