Use of umbilical cord blood gas analysis in the assessment of the newborn

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Armstrong, L ^a   Stenson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ACIDOSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LACTIC ACID; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 35748972609     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.099846     Document Type: Article

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