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DIP AREA. A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE OF FETAL HEART RATE PATTERNS
Author(s) -
Shelley Trevor,
Tipton Richard H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1971.tb01631.x
Subject(s) - fetal heart rate , bradycardia , confusion , fetus , measure (data warehouse) , heart rate , transient (computer programming) , cardiology , medicine , fetal heart , duration (music) , pregnancy , psychology , blood pressure , physics , computer science , biology , acoustics , data mining , psychoanalysis , genetics , operating system
Summary Analysis of fetal heart rate records has shown that the frequency, duration and amplitude of transient episodes of fetal bradycardia, regardless of their relationship to uterine activity, are factors of great importance in assessing fetal condition. Dip area is a quantitative measure of these factors; it is easily communicated and avoids the present confusion of classification and nomenclature.