The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Aug 2004
The effects of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation on hypoxic fetal lambs.
The purpose of this study was to determine the applicability of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) to support fetal oxygenation in utero. ⋯ This study indicates that V-V ECMO could more effectively and less traumatically maintain oxygenation in hypoxic fetal lambs.
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Aug 2004
Labor course and delivery in epidural analgesia: a case-control study.
We aimed to establish if epidural analgesia is associated with a higher incidence of operative vaginal delivery, longer duration of labor and more frequent use of oxytocin than labor without analgesia. ⋯ Our results confirm that epidural analgesia does not affect the rate of Cesarean delivery, while increasing the use of oxytocin augmentation, the duration of the second stage of labor and the rate of instrumental vaginal delivery.