Do spectral bands of fetal heart rate variability associate with concomitant fetal scalp pH?

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 739-742

  Siira, Saila M ^a,b   Ojala, Tiina H ^c   Vahlberg, Tero J ^d   Rosén, Karl G ^e   Ekholm, Eeva M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fetal blood sample; Fetal heart rate variability; Hypoxia; Power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84881373007     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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