The reliability of fetal pulse oximetry: The effect of fetal oxygen saturation below 30% on perinatal outcome

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-164

  Csitári, István Kis ^a   Pasztuhov, Ágoston ^a   László, Ádám ^b  

^a Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

^b BAJCSY ZSILINSZKY HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fetal oxygen saturation; Fetal pulse oximetry; Perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 38649083097     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Saling E. Fetal pulse oximetry during labor: issues and recommendations for clinical use. J Perinat Med 24 (1996) 467-478
2. Garite T.J., Dildy III G.A., McNamara H., et al. A multicenter controlled trial of fetal pulse oximetry in the intrapartum management of nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns. Am J Obstet Gynecol 183 (2000) 1049-1058
3. Luttkus A.K., Friedmann W., Thomas S., Dimer J.A., and Dudenhausen J.W. The safety of fetal pulse oximetry in parturients requiring fetal scalp blood sampling. Obstet Gynecol 90 (1997) 533-537
4. Kühnert M., and Schmidt S. Intrapartum management of nonreassuring fetal heart rate patterns: a randomized controlled trial of fetal oximetry. Am J Obstet Gynecol 191 (2004) 1989-1995
5. Carbonne B., Langer B., Goffinet F., et al. Multicenter study on the clinical value of fetal pulse oximetry. II. Compared predictive values of pulse oximetry and fetal blood analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 177 (1997) 593-598
6. Dildy III G.A., Thorp J., Yeast J., and Clark S.L. The relationship between oxygen saturation and pH in umbilical blood: implications for intrapartum fetal oxygen saturation monitoring. Am J Obstet Gynecol 175 (1996) 682-687
7. Dildy III G.A., Clark S.L., and Loucks C.A. Intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry: past, present, and future. Am J Obstet Gynecol 175 (1996) 1-9
8. Seelbach-Göbel B., Heupel M., Kühnert M., and Butterwegge M. The prediction of fetal acidosis by means of intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry. Am J Obstet Gynecol 180 (1999) 73-81
9. Kühnert M., Seelbach-Golbel B., and Butterwegge M. Predictive agreement between the fetal arterial oxygen saturation and fetal scalp pH: results of the German multicenter study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 178 (1998) 330-335
10. Nijland R., Jongsma H., Nijhuis J., van den Berg P., and Oeseburg B. Arterial oxygen saturation in relation to metabolic acidosis in fetal lambs. Am J Obstet Gynecol 172 (1995) 610-619
11. Gorenberg D.M., Pattillo C., Hendi P., Rumney P.J., and Garite T.J. Fetal pulse oximetry: correlation between oxygen desaturation, duration, and frequency and neonatal outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 189 (2003) 136-138
12. 2 critical threshold of 30%. Nellcor Puritan Bennett Perinatal Note 2 (1997) 1-9
13. Bloom S.L., Swindle R.G., McIntire D.D., and Leveno K.J. Fetal pulse oximetry: duration of desaturation and intrapartum outcome. Obstet Gynecol 93 (1999) 1036-1040
14. East C.E., Dunster K.R., Colditz P.B., Nath C.E., and Earl J.W. Fetal oxygen saturation during labour: an analysis of 118 cases. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 37 (1997) 397-401
15. Butterwegge M. Fetal pulse oximetry and non-reassuring heart rate. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol Suppl. 1 (1997) 63-66
16. Puertas A., Navarro M., Velasco P., Montoya F., and Miranda J.A. Intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry and fetal heart rate decelerations. Int J Gynecol Obstet 85 (2004) 12-17