Why the study?
Does electronic fetal monitoring predict intrapartum fetal asphyxia with metabolic acidosis in term infants?
Population
142 term infants, comprising 71 with umbilical artery base deficit >16 mmol/L and 71 with umbilical artery…
Design
Case-control
Follow-up
4 hours before delivery
Authors
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Specific fetal heart rate patterns can predict fetal asphyxia, but supplementary tests are needed due to a high false-positive rate.
Does electronic fetal monitoring predict intrapartum fetal asphyxia with metabolic acidosis in term infants?
Specific fetal heart rate patterns can predict fetal asphyxia, but supplementary tests are needed due to a high false-positive rate.
James A. Low (1999) studied this question.
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