Evaluation of 3-tier and 5-tier FHR pattern classifications using umbilical blood pH and base excess at delivery.

OBJECTIVE:The relevance between time-series fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern changes during labor and outcomes such as arterial blood gas data at delivery has not been studied. Using 3-tier and 5-tier classification systems, we studied the relationship between time-series FHR pattern changes before de...

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Main Authors: Hitomi Kikuchi, Shunichi Noda, Shinji Katsuragi, Tomoaki Ikeda, Hiroyuki Horio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228630