JB07.2

Labour or delivery complicated by biochemical evidence of fetal stress

Trabalho de parto e parto complicados por evidências bioquímicas de sofrimento fetal

Category

Definition

A condition characterised by complications during labour and delivery that is caused by biochemical evidence of fetal distress. Confirmation is by a fetal blood sample from a scalp prick through the open cervix during labour.

Index Terms

Labour or delivery complicated by biochemical evidence of fetal stressLabour or delivery complicated by abnormal fetal acid-base balanceLabour or delivery complicated by abnormal fetal acidaemia