Fetal scalp blood sampling in labor - A review

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 548-555

  Jørgensen, Jan S ^a   Weber, Tom ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cardiotocography; fetal monitoring; Fetal scalp blood sampling; labor; neonatal outcome

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENMARK; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL SCALP BLOOD SAMPLING; LABOR; NEONATAL OUTCOME;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SCALP;

EID: 84901596688     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12421     Document Type: Review

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