Influence of maternal body mass index on accuracy and reliability of external fetal monitoring techniques

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 590-595

  Cohen, Wayne R ^a   Hayes Gill, Barrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal fetal ECG; electrohysterography; electromyography; fetal heart rate; Fetal monitoring; labor; obesity; uterine contractility

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROHYSTEROGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL SCALP ELECTRODE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYSTEROGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; LABOR STAGE 1; LABOR STAGE 2; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TOCODYNAMOMETRY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABDOMINAL-FETAL ECG; ELECTROHYSTEROGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FETAL HEART RATE; FETAL MONITORING; LABOR; OBESITY; UTERINE CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERINE MONITORING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901645530     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12387     Document Type: Article

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