Lactate compared with pH analysis at fetal scalp blood sampling: A prospective randomised study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Westgren, M ^a   Kruger, K ^a   Ek, S ^a   Grunevald, C ^a   Kublickas, M ^a   Naka, K ^c   Wolff, K ^a   Persson, B ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHICS; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCALP;

FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP;

EID: 0031983759     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb09346.x     Document Type: Article

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