A prospective cohort study of fetal heart rate monitoring: deceleration area is predictive of fetal acidemia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 523.e1-523.e12

  Cahill, Alison G ^a   Tuuli, Methodius G ^a   Stout, Molly J ^a   López, Julia D ^a   Macones, George A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acidemia; deceleration area; electronic fetal monitoring; neonatal morbidity; pregnancy; term infants

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECELERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FETAL ACIDEMIA; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NOMENCLATURE; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; ACIDOSIS; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; DECELERATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042620592     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.01.026     Document Type: Article

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