Determining the fetal scalp lactate level that indicates the need for intervention in labour

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 549-552

  Allen, Rod M ^a,b   Bowling, Francis G ^a   Oats, Jeremy J N ^a,c  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiotocography; Fetal distress; Fetal monitoring; Labor obstetric; Lactic acid

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTIC ACID; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11344287455     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2004.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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