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Blood Gas: Fetal

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Blood gas analysis of a fetus can represent the fetal condition in utero and sometime help the obstetrician to decide on the mode of delivery. It can be assessed antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum via a number of ways. Umbilical cord blood gas analysis is routinely ordered by obstetricians at the time of delivery if there is suspicion of neonatal depression in utero. In 2006, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have recommended cord blood gas for certain conditions. It reflects the fetal condition immediately before delivery and is a more objective indication of a newborn’s condition than the Apgar score. According to ACOG task force, umbilical blood gas analysis has become a useful tool to predict neonatal morbidity.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 750 NE 13th Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA

    Tanmay Shah MD, MBBS

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    Tilak D. Raj

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Shah, T. (2017). Blood Gas: Fetal. In: Raj, T. (eds) Data Interpretation in Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55862-2_42

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