Dysfunctional labor and myometrial lactic acidosis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 718-723

  Quenby, Siobhan ^a   Pierce, Sue J ^b   Brigham, Sara ^b   Wray, Susan ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LABOR COMPLICATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 2342565907     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000118306.82556.43     Document Type: Article

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