Open AccessTranscutaneous Monitoring of PO 2 in Different Skin Areas in the Neonate and in the Scalp of the Fetus During Labor‐Methodological and Physiological Observations
Author(s) -
Jacobson Lennart,
Löfgren Olof
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347709156354
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , fetus , reliability (semiconductor) , skin temperature , fetal monitoring , obstetrics , biomedical engineering , surgery , pregnancy , biology , power (physics) , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics
. The reliability and physiological significance of continuous non‐invasive PO 2 recording by means of skin electrodes was studied by comparing simultaneous tracings from different skin areas in a series of 40 newboms with normal labor and birth. A new measuring equipment‐the Radiometer prototype unit TPM 1‐was used. In addition, the applicability of the method to the fetus was tested in a primary series of 11 labor cases. Certain technical and physiological factors that can influence the tracings were identified.