Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hamel, Maureen S., MD
• Hughes, Brenna L., MD, MSc
• Rouse, Dwight J., MD, MSPH

Titel

Whither oxygen for intrauterine resuscitation?

Ist Teil von

• American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2015-04, Vol.212 (4), p.461.e1-461.e3

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Oxygen is frequently administered to women in labor in the hope of improving fetal status. However, there is a paucity of outcome data to support this practice. Although maternal oxygen administration may make physiological sense, unwarranted faith in maternal oxygen therapy may delay the indicated intervention or result in continued labor stimulation when neither is in the best interests of the fetus. A properly designed clinical trial would help answer whether maternal oxygen supplementation in labor should be considered an indicated intervention for nonreassuring fetal status.