Clinical Practice: Prevention of Preterm Parturition

@article{Iams2015ClinicalPP,
  title={Clinical Practice: Prevention of Preterm Parturition},
  author={Jay D. Iams},
  journal={Obstetric Anesthesia Digest},
  year={2015},
  volume={35},
  pages={34},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:29480873}
}
  • J. Iams
  • Published 1 March 2015
  • Medicine
  • Obstetric Anesthesia Digest
Maternal hemodynamics by thoracic impedance cardiography for normal pregnancy and the postpartum period and systematic review of uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis to determine cardiac output and stroke volume variation.
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