Interpreting category II fetal heart rate tracings: Does meconium matter?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 644.e1-644.e8

  Frey, Heather A ^a   Tuuli, Methodius G ^a   Shanks, Anthony L ^a   Macones, George A ^a   Cahill, Alison G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic fetal monitoring; fetal heart rate; meconium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS;

EID: 84923043906     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.06.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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