Lactate measurements in scalp and cord arterial blood
- 1 April 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 141-145
Abstract
Lactate has been measured to evaluate fetal metabolic acidosis for some decades. However, not until the past few years have reliable lactate meters become available for bedside obstetric practice. The new technology, which requires only 5 μl blood, has reduced the sampling failure rate of fetal scalp blood to almost nil. A growing body of evidence has also shown lactate to be good at predicting neonatal outcome.Keywords
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