Requiem for a Heavyweight: The Demise of Scalp Blood pH Sampling

Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 298-300

  Perkins, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal; fetal monitoring; pH; scalp blood

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PH; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; WELLBEING;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCALP;

EID: 0030828716     PISSN: 10570802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059709162007     Document Type: Article

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