Continuous cardiotocography (CTG) as a form of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) for fetal assessment during labour

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Alfirevic, Zarko ^a   Devane, Declan ^b   Gyte, Gillian M L ^a   Cuthbert, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ALKALOSIS; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTINUOUS CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL STETHOSCOPE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN PERIOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; HEART AUSCULTATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEIZURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 85011339325     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006066.pub3     Document Type: Review

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