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Impact of Fetal Scalp Blood pH on the Incidence of Cesarean Section Performed for Fetal Distress
Author(s) -
Ayromlooi Jahangir,
Garfinkel Richard
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1980.tb00309.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fetal distress , scalp , incidence (geometry) , fetus , obstetrics , apgar score , elective cesarean section , retrospective cohort study , blood sampling , anesthesia , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , physics , optics , biology
To determine the impact of fetal scalp blood pH sampling (FSBpH) on the incidence of cesarean section performed for fetal distress, a retrospective clinical study was designed to compare rates of surgical intervention before and after the introduction of FSBpH in 1977. The use of the FSBpH sampling has been shown to decrease the rate of cesarean section as a means of dealing with fetal distress from 78.0% to 57.5% without a significant change in the Apgar score.