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Case Reports
. 1986 May 10;1(8489):1065-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)91333-4.

Ultrasound-guided sampling of umbilical cord and placental blood to assess fetal wellbeing

K H Nicolaides, P W Soothill, C H Rodeck, S Campbell
Case Reports

Ultrasound-guided sampling of umbilical cord and placental blood to assess fetal wellbeing

K H Nicolaides et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Fetal and maternal placental (intervillous) blood samples were obtained by means of an outpatient ultrasound-guided technique from a 33-week pregnancy with symmetrical intrauterine growth retardation. The baby was delivered by emergency caesarean section because blood gas, pH, and lactate measurements showed severe hypoxic acidosis, due to inadequate placental transfer.

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