[tri-med] FYI - Accuracy of fetal pulse oximetry

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Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Volume 81 Issue 5 Page 417 - May 2002

Accuracy of fetal pulse oximetry - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica
Scandinavica
   Fetal oxygen saturation measurements obtained by pulse oximetry were
compared with those obtained by hemoximetry in fetal scalp blood samplings.
The prospective observational trial included fetuses with non-reassuring
fetal heart rate tracings suggestive of hypoxia and requiring fetal scalp
blood samplings...Conclusion: Fetal pulse oximetry tends to overestimate
arterial oxygen saturation compared with hemoximeter values ...
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