A randomized trial of intrapartum fetal ECG ST-segment analysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 632-641

  Belfort, Michael A ^a,r   Saade, George R ^b   Thom, Elizabeth ^c   Blackwell, Sean C ^d   Reddy, Uma M ^e   Thorp, John M ^f   Tita, Alan T N ^g   Miller, Russell S ^h   Peaceman, Alan M ⁱ   McKenna, David S ^j   Chien, Edward K S ^k   Rouse, Dwight J ^l   Gibbs, Ronald S ^m   El Sayed, Yasser Y ⁿ   Sorokin, Yoram ^o   Caritis, Steve N ^p   VanDorsten, J Peter ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^q MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^r TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; ST SEGMENT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84941729298     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1500600     Document Type: Article

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