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. · Feb 2007
The influence of maternal epidural analgesia upon intrapartum fetal oxygenation.
The use of maternal epidural analgesia in labor may be associated with non-reassuring fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns. We aimed to assess changes in fetal oxygen saturation (FSpO(2)) during epidural analgesia in labor. ⋯ There were no differences in FSpO(2) values in the first 30 minutes following administration of analgesic drugs and most of the cases with non-reassuring CTG patterns had values of FSpO(2) constantly >or=30%.