Determination of pH or lactate in fetal scalp blood in management of intrapartum fetal distress: Randomised controlled multicentre trial

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7656, 2008, Pages 1284-1287

  Wiberg Itzel, E ^a   Lipponer, C ^b   Norman, M ^c   Herbst, A ^d   Prebensen, D ^e   Hansson, A ^f   Bryngelsson, A L ^g   Christoffersson, M ^h   Sennstrom M ⁱ   Wennerholm, U B ^b   Nordstrom L ⁱ  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Trollhattan Hospital   (Sweden)

^f CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVICE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP; TEST STRIP; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; FETUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SCALP;

EID: 45249084309     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39553.406991.25     Document Type: Article

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