The limits of electronic fetal heart rate monitoring in the prevention of neonatal metabolic acidemia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 163.e1-163.e6

  Clark, Steven L ^a   Hamilton, Emily F ^b,c   Garite, Thomas J ^d,e   Timmins, Audra ^a   Warrick, Philip A ^c   Smith, Samuel ^f,g,h  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PeriGen Cranbury NJ and Westmount   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^g MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^h HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

category II; fetal heart rate monitoring; metabolic acidemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL EVENT; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDATION STUDY; ACIDOSIS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPLICATION; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HYPOXIA; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010910505     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.10.009     Document Type: Article

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