Routine testing of umbilical cord blood after normal delivery should be discontinuedShow others and affiliations
2014 (English)In: Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, ISSN 1877-5756, E-ISSN 1877-5764, Vol. 5, no 4, p. 165-166Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
On many newborns in Sweden routine samples of blood are taken from the umbilical cord after birth to measure the acid-base balance. These tests were introduced with the aim to objectively measure the well-being and stress levels of the newborn. The information was to be used as a measurement of quality of care, for research and as a tool to help guide decisions around the care-needs of the newborn. After 10 years of routine analysis it has become clear that the results of these tests have limited clinical value and that they are a poor measurement of quality of care. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier , 2014. Vol. 5, no 4, p. 165-166
Keywords [en]
Normal delivery, Routine testing, Umbilical cord blood, acid base balance, acidosis, Apgar score, Article, blood analysis, blood sampling, cerebral palsy, cost effectiveness analysis, diagnostic procedure, fetus distress, health care cost, human, induced hypothermia, midwife, perinatal asphyxia, practice guideline, priority journal, umbilical cord, vaginal delivery, wellbeing, chemistry, female, fetus blood, health care quality, newborn, pH, pregnancy, Sweden, Blood Chemical Analysis, Fetal Blood, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Infant, Newborn, Quality of Health Care
National Category
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:du-38878DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2014.10.002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84922571822OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-38878DiVA, id: diva2:1615629
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