Fetal blood and tissue pH with moderate bradycardia.
Eleven patients with moderate fetal bradycardia in labor were studied by fetal scalp blood pH, continuous tissue pH, and umbilical arterty pH at delivery. The neonatal outcomes and biochemical data demonstrated that moderate fetal brdycardia does not indicate fetal distress.
D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000502:physiology*; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012535:Scalp / Q000098:blood supply; D014469:Umbilical Arteries