Fetal scalp lactate microsampling for non-reassuring fetal status during labor: A prospective observational study

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Ramanah, Rajeev ^a   Martin, Alain ^a   Clement, Marie Caroline ^b   Maillet, Robert ^a   Riethmuller, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b Laboratory of Immunology   (France)

Author keywords

Abnormal fetal heart rate; Fetal asphyxia; Fetal scalp blood microsampling; Labor; Lactate; Metabolic acidosis

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FETAL SCALP LACTATE MICROSAMPLING; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; FEMALE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTIC ACID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP;

EID: 76449085286     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262281     Document Type: Article

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