Fetal Pulse Oximetry and Cesarean Delivery

2006158 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Steven L. Bloom · Southwestern Medical Center

Catherine Y. Spong

Elizabeth Thom · George Washington University

Michael W. Varner · University of Utah

Dwight J. Rouse · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sandy Weininger · United States Food and Drug Administration

Susan M. Ramin · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Abstract

Knowledge of the fetal oxygen saturation is not associated with a reduction in the rate of cesarean delivery or with improvement in the condition of the newborn. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00098709 [ClinicalTrials.gov].).

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Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 355, Issue 21, pp. 2195-2202

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa061170

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