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Acidosis
Study findings on acidosis are outlined in reports from V.M Roemer and colleagues
March 1st, 2008
Research findings, 'How to determine and use base excess (BE) in perinatal medicine,' are discussed in a new report. "Foetal hypoxia may lead to multi-organ failure and cerebral injury. Usually this process is accompanied by severe metabolic acidosis," scientists writing in the journal Zeitschrift Für Geburtshilfe Und Neonatologie report. "The base excess (BE) determined in umbilical artery (UA) blood is the most appropriate parameter to evaluate metabolic acidosis. The correct determination of BE therefore is of paramount importance both for the jeopardised foetus and the obstetrician in litigation. In blood, BE is dependent on the oxygen saturation [sO2 (%)] of...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-01)
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