The effect of maternal epidural analgesia on fetal oxygen saturation
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 103 (8) , 776-778
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09872.x
Abstract
To observe fetal arteriolar oxygen saturation during maternal epidural analgesia.An observation study of 27 epidural top-ups.Labour ward, St James's University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds University, UK.Seventeen fetuses in uncomplicated labour monitored with a N400 fetal pulse oximeter.A change in fetal pulse oximetry reading following epidural analgesia.There is no change in fetal oxygen saturation following an uncomplicated epidural top-up (F = 0.93; df 35 and 784).An uneventful maternal epidural has no measurable effect on fetal oxygen saturation measured with a N400 pulse oximeter.Keywords
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