Umbilical cord blood sampling - A tool for delivery quality control?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 419-422

  Bulkmans, Nicole ^a   Lyrenäs, Sven ^a,b   Hallberg, Gunilla ^a   Niklasson, Frank ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Audit; Cord blood; Lactate; pH

Indexed keywords

ACID; BASE; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TWINS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL VEIN; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030926018     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349709047822     Document Type: Article

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