title: Transcutaneous monitoring of PO2 in different skin areas in the neonate and in the scalp of the fetus during labor - methodological and physiological observations.
abstract: The reliability and physiological significance of continuous non-invasive PO2 recording by means of skin electrodes was studied by comparing simultaneous tracings from different skin areas in a series of 40 newborns with normal labor and birth. A new measuring equipment - the Radiometer prototype unit TPM 1 - was used. In addition, the applicability of the method to the fetus was tested in a primary series of 11 labor cases. Certain technical and physiological factors that can influence the tracings were identified.
mesh_terms: D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011247:Pregnancy; D012535:Scalp; D012867:Skin
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen