According to lead author Dr. Hamel, "Maternal oxygen is often given to laboring women to improve fetal metabolic status or in an attempt to alleviate non-reassuring fetal heart rate patterns.

Clinical opinion published on use of maternal oxygen during labor Date: February 20, 2014 Source: Women & Infants Hospital Summary: When a fetal heartbeat pattern becomes irregular during labor ...

The placenta mediates hormonal, nutritional and oxygen support of the fetus while also playing an important immunomodulatory role. Fetal syncytiotrophoblasts, which form the surface of the ...

Anecdotal reports of increased fetal movements with eating prompted the practice of offering women orange juice to stimulate fetal movement and expedite reactive cardiotocography (CTG) however a ...

“We wondered if we could build a device to measure fetal blood oxygen saturation directly,” said Soheil Ghiasi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Davis. Results from the work have ...

A new maternal early warning tool significantly improves maternal morbidity and composite morbidity, according to findings presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...

A new fetal heart rate monitor goes one step further and tracks the baby’s oxygen level too. This gives the physician more information so he can determine whether intervention is appropriate ...

A new fetal heart rate monitor goes one step further and tracks the baby’s oxygen level too. This gives the physician more information so he can determine whether intervention is appropriate ...

DARIEN, IL - A new study suggests that an intervention to reduce supine sleep in late pregnancy may promote maternal and fetal health. Results show that median time spent sleeping supine was ...