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The effect of maternal epidural analgesia on fetal oxygen saturation
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09872.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 103, Issue 8, pages 776–778, August 1996
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Johnson, N., van Oudgaarden, E., Montague, I. A. and McNamara, H. (1996), The effect of maternal epidural analgesia on fetal oxygen saturation. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 103: 776–778. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09872.x
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- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 25 August 1994 Accepted 17 December 1995
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Objective To observe fetal arteriolar oxygen saturation during maternal epidural analgesia. Design An observation study of 27 epidural top-ups.
Setting Labour ward, St James's University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds University, UK.
Sample Seventeen fetuses in uncomplicated labour monitored with a N400 fetal pulse oximeter. Outcome measure A change in fetal pulse oximetry reading following epidural analgesia.
Results There is no change in fetal oxygen saturation following an uncomplicated epidural top-up (F = 0.93; df 35 and 784).
Conclusion An uneventful maternal epidural has no measurable effect on fetal oxygen saturation measured with a N400 pulse oximeter.