ABSTRACT
Prophylactic interventions Prophylactic intrapartum maternal oxygen in the second stage of normal labor is associated with more frequent low (< 7.20) cord blood pH values than the control group.1
There are no other statistically significant differences between the groups. There is a tendency towards reduced cord arterial blood oxygen content and oxygen saturation in mothers treated with oxygen compared with controls. Shortterm oxygenation may be beneficial and long-term oxygenation harmful.
