BACKGROUND
Cord blood lactate at birth is a marker of antenatal hypoxia, and is comparable to pH as a prognostic tool.
OBJECTIVE
To determine, by a prospective observational study, the effect of delayed sampling from arteries and veins that were double clamped to isolate the blood from the placenta (clamped), and from vessels that were not isolated from the placenta (unclamped).
METHODS
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