Multiple parameter biophysical testing in the prediction of fetal acid-base status

A M Vintzileos1, R A Knuppel

  • 1Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick.

Clinics in Perinatology
|December 1, 1994
PubMed

Available data on the relationship of multiple parameter biophysical testing and fetal acid-base status suggest that a nonreactive nonstress test and absent fetal breathing are the first manifestations of fetal compromise, whereas absent body movement and tone are associated with more advanced degrees of fetal compromise.

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