Influence on fetal blood pH when adding amniotic fluid: An in vitro model

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-456

  Lösch, Alexander ^a,c   Kainz, Christian ^b   Kohlberger, Petra ^b   Heinze, Georg ^b   Hefler, Lukas ^b   Lahodny, Johann ^a   Tempfer, Clemens ^b  

^a Division of General Pediatrics and Neonatology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABOR; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 17944401998     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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