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Preferred term

Fetal Distress  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Fetal Status, Nonreassuring
  • Nonreassuring Fetal Status

Note

  • do not confuse with RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN (postnatal)

Scope note

  • A nonreassuring fetal status (NRFS) indicating that the FETUS is compromised (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 1988). It can be identified by sub-optimal values in FETAL HEART RATE; oxygenation of FETAL BLOOD; and other parameters.

History note

  • 1975

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005316

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