Evaluation of acid-base status and gas composition of umbilical cord blood of newborns without disturbed blood circulation in "mother-placenta-fetus" system
The aim of the study was to determine the parameters of acidbase status and gas composition of umbilical cord blood in relation to assessing the state of the newborn by the Apgar score to highlight the main parameters that characterize intrauterine hypoxia suffered by the child. The assessment of acid-base status and gas composition of umbilical cord blood of newborns was made in comparison with the ultrasound examination of fetus and Doppler examination of uterine-placental and feto-placental blood circulation. The indices of -base status and gas composition of umbilical cord blood indicate the condition of a newborn more precisely than Apgar score.