Intrapartum Intrauterine Fetal Demise with Normal Umbilical Cord Blood Gas Values at Birth

Table 1

Umbilical cord gases.

	Venous	Arterial
pH	7.27	7.13
pCO2	48	64
pO2	<25	<25
Bicarbonate	21.6	20.7
Base excess	−10	−5

Base excess/deficit calculated using nomogram found in Pomerance [3].