Application and value of umbilical cord blood gas analysis during delivery
Umbilical cord blood gas analysis during delivery plays a vital role in evaluating neonatal as-phyxia,predicting and neonatal death and evaluating,neurological injury and other diseases.Presently,there is no standard range of cord blood gas indexes world-wide.This paper systematically discussed the physi-ology of neonatal acid-base status,sample collection,key indicators of cord blood gas,its clinical value and relationship between blood gas and fetal outcomes.