Delay in intervention increases neonatal morbidity in births monitored with cardiotocography and ST-waveform analysis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-181

  Kessler, Jörg ^a,b   Moster, Dag ^a,b   Albrechtsen, Susanne ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

cardiotocography; fetal electrocardiogram; Intrapartum monitoring; neonatal outcome; ST waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REM SLEEP; SURVIVAL; THERAPY DELAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; INTRAPARTUM MONITORING; NEONATAL OUTCOME; ST-WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892823190     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12304     Document Type: Article

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