In fact, fetal scalp pH during normal labor decreases 0.016 pH unit per hour in the 1st stage and 0.11–0.12 pH unit per hour in the 2STG, showing a clear trend towards higher bases depletion from the 1st to the 2STG [ 6 ].
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Hazard and cumulative incidence of umbilical cord metabolic acidemia at birth in fetuses experiencing the second stage of labor and pathologic intrapartum fetal heart rate requiring expedited delivery.
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