Third-trimester arterial blood gas and acid base values in normal pregnancy at moderate altitude

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-350

  Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Clark, Steven L ^b   Harvey, Carol J ^b   Uckan, Eda M ^b   Cotton, David ^b   Van Hook, James W ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029813543     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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