[ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 27-Feb-1998
[ | E-mail | Share Share ]

Contact: Jill Shepherd
jshepher@bma.org.uk
+44 171 383 6529
BMJ-British Medical Journal

Deaths Related To Intrapartum Asphyxia - Is There A Problem With Prevention?

(Deaths related to intrapartum asphyxia - Is there a problem with prevention?)

In a related editorial in this week's BMJ, Spencer notes that more research needs to be conducted into recognition by fetal heart monitoring of problems with fetal oxygen supply, in an effort to ascertain whether the causes of fetal death around the time of delivery present themselves differently during the night.

Contact:

John Spencer, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex

###


[ Back to EurekAlert! ] [ | E-mail | Share Share ]

 


AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.