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Christian M Pettker1

  • 1Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. christian.pettker@yale.edu

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 1, 2011
PubMed

Patient safety is currently a critical focus within obstetrics. Standardization of intrapartum management, in particular with regard to fetal heart rate monitoring assessment and management, is an important effort to improve obstetrical adverse outcomes. This study explores various strategies to implement standardization of assessment and management. Such measures can impact significantly perinatal outcomes and safety culture. Investigation of the impact of standardizing intrapartum management remains an important area of further study.

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