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- Title
Sensors for Fetal Hypoxia and Metabolic Acidosis: A Review.
- Authors
Cummins, Gerard; Kremer, Jessica; Bernassau, Anne; Brown, Andrew; Bridle, Helen L.; Schulze, Holger; Bachmann, Till T.; Crichton, Michael; Denison, Fiona C.; Desmulliez, Marc P. Y.
- Abstract
This article reviews existing clinical practices and sensor research undertaken to monitor fetal well-being during labour. Current clinical practices that include fetal heart rate monitoring and fetal scalp blood sampling are shown to be either inadequate or time-consuming. Monitoring of lactate in blood is identified as a potential alternative for intrapartum fetal monitoring due to its ability to distinguish between different types of acidosis. A literature review from a medical and technical perspective is presented to identify the current advancements in the field of lactate sensors for this application. It is concluded that a less invasive and a more continuous monitoring device is required to fulfill the clinical needs of intrapartum fetal monitoring. Potential specifications for such a system are also presented in this paper.
- Subjects
FETAL anoxia; ACIDOSIS; CLINICAL trials; BLOOD sampling; FETAL monitoring
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2018, Vol 18, Issue 8, p2648
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s18082648