PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for January, 1999: Re: Oxygen Therapy During Labor

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Re: Oxygen Therapy During Labor

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 21:02:02 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Staci Williams, BSN, RN wrote: >
>I am a labor and delivery nurse in a Portland, OR hospital, and I have been searching the net for two days looking for ANY information/research articles, etc on the effects of oxygen therapy during labor (ie: during noted fetal distress). Please let me know of any articles I can look
up. I'm interested to know the benefits of this therapy that MD's jokingly refer to as just "making the nurse feel better". Is there any evidence FOR or AGAINST this? What are the physiological pathways that make it work (or not)? It makes sense that it should, but I can't find any evidence. Can you please help?

Unfortunately, I can't help with references, but my understanding is that a healthy woman in labor has her blood oxygen already at a saturation point and her blood will not be able to hold any more. Therefore, the oxygen mask will not change the baby's uptake of oxygen.

If I can locate references, I will be sure to post them.

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Amy, Provisional Birthworks CCE

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