Abstract
The reliability and physiological significance of continuous non-invasive PO2 recording by means of skin electrodes was studied by comparing simultaneous tracings from different skin areas in a series of 40 newboms with normal labor and birth.
A new measuring equipment-the Radiometer prototype unit TPM 1-was used.
In addition, the applicability of the method to the fetus was tested in a primary series of 11 labor cases.
Certain technical and physiological factors that can influence the tracings were identified.