Fetal blood sampling in early labour: Is there an increased risk of operative delivery and fetal morbidity?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 849-855

  Heazell, A E P ^a   Riches, J ^a   Hopkins, L ^a   Myers, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; fetal blood sampling; neonatal outcome; vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; LABOR; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955970119     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02922.x     Document Type: Article

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