Measures of acidosis with repetitive umbilical cord occlusions leading to fetal asphyxia in the near-term ovine fetus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200.e1-200.e7

  Frasch, Martin G ^a   Mansano, Roy Z ^b   Gagnon, Robert ^a   Richardson, Bryan S ^a   Ross, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

base deficit; blood gases; fetal asphyxia; lactate

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 58749096334     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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