Antenatal cardiotocography for fetal assessment

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1-39

  Grivell, Rosalie M ^a   Alfirevic, Zarko ^b   Gyte, Gillian M L ^b   Devane, Declan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPH; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85009495552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007863.pub4     Document Type: Review

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