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[Cordocentesis and pH determination sub partu in suspicious cardiotocogram]

A Rempen1

  • 1Universitäts-Frauenklinik Würzburg.

Zeitschrift Fur Geburtshilfe Und Perinatologie
|March 1, 1992
PubMed

Two courses of labor with growth-retarded fetuses are reported, during which cordocentesis was performed because of abnormal fetal heart rate patterns along with a closed cervix. Analysis of umbilical venous blood revealed a normal pH in both cases thus avoiding cesarean section.

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