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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH FETAL BLOOD pH MEASUREMENT IN FETAL DISTRESS
Author(s) -
Galloway R. K.
Publication year - 1970
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.1471-0528.1970.tb03574.x
Subject(s) - fetal distress , fetus , distress , medicine , obstetrics , blood sampling , stage (stratigraphy) , pregnancy , biology , clinical psychology , paleontology , genetics
Summary Experience with estimation of pH of fetal blood in 100 cases of apparent fetal distress in the first stage of labour is described. The importance of the length of time between sampling and delivery on the accuracy of prediction of the fetal state is demonstrated.