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Effect of anaemia on fetal acid‐base status
Author(s) -
SOOTHILL P. W.,
NTCOLATDES K. H.,
RODECK C. H.
Publication year - 1987
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.1471-0528.1987.tb03759.x
Subject(s) - fetus , hydrops fetalis , acid–base homeostasis , bicarbonate , umbilical artery , medicine , obstetrics , erythroblastosis fetalis , base excess , pregnancy , physiology , biology , genetics
Summary. In 79 pregnancies with erythroblastosis fetalis, fetal blood was sampled to assess the level of anaemia. Significant correlations were found between the haemoglobin concentration and umbilical artery pH, bicarbonate concentration and base excess. Compensatory mechanisms help to maintain oxygen supply in anaemia but their failure is associated with hydrops fetalis.