How to determine and use base excess (BE) in perinatal medicine

Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 224-229

  Roemer, V M ^a,b  

^a International Institute of Maternal and Foetal Medicine Detmold eV   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

APGAR score; Base excess; Delta base excess; Haemoglobin; Oxygen saturation; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ALGORITHM; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PERINATAL CARE; PH MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DETECTOR; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ACIDOSIS, RESPIRATORY; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37849008513     PISSN: 09482393     EISSN: 14391651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981337     Document Type: Article

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