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MeSH Heading: Fetal Monitoring
Tree Number(s): E01.370.378.230; E01.370.520.230
Unique ID: D005323
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005323
Annotation: during LABOR, OBSTETRIC or during prenatal maternal surg
Scope Note: Physiologic or biochemical monitoring of the fetus. It is usually done during LABOR, OBSTETRIC and may be performed in conjunction with the monitoring of uterine activity. It may also be performed prenatally as when the mother is undergoing surgery.
Entry Term(s): Monitoring, Fetal
NLM Classification #: WQ 209
Previous Indexing: Fetal Heart (1966-1977); Fetus (1966-1977); Labor (1966-1977); Monitoring, Physiologic (1966-1977)
See Also: Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/27
Revision Date: 2015/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

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