Decelerations, tachycardia, and decreased variability: have we overlooked the significance of longitudinal fetal heart rate changes for detecting intrapartum fetal hypoxia?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 261-264

  Vintzileos, Anthony M ^a   Smulian, John C ^b,c  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; BRADYCARDIA; EDITORIAL; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 2; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TACHYCARDIA; UMBILICAL CORD COMPLICATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RUPTURE; VASA PREVIA; WORKSHOP; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; FETUS MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84991833424     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.05.046     Document Type: Editorial

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