Umbilical cord blood gas analysis at delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 517-522

  Thorp, James A ^a,e   Dildy, Gary A ^b   Yeomans, Edward R ^c   Meyer, Bruce A ^d   Parisi, Valerie M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord pH; Umbilical cord blood gas analysis

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NOTE; OXYGENATION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0029846847     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74401     Document Type: Article

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