Continuous fetal tissue pH recordings during labour. A preliminary report.
We made continuous fetal pH-measurement in 50 patients and showed a good correlation between tissue pH and umbilical artery, umbilical vein and the fetal scalp blood pH. There were practical problems in the use of the glass pH electrode.
D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005333:Fetus / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy