Oxygen uptake of the human fetus at term

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-109

  Acharya, Ganesh ^a,b   Sitras, Vasilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fetal acid base status; Fetal metabolism; Fetal oxygen consumption; Fetal oxygen uptake; Umbilical blood flow

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ACID BASE BALANCE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION; ACID BASE BALANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; TERM BIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MONITORING; FETAL WEIGHT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249086797     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340802460339     Document Type: Article

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