E R Allanson1,2, T Waqar3, Crh White1, Ö Tunçalp2, J E Dickinson1. 1. School of Women's and Infants' Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia. 2. Department of Reproductive Health and Research including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. 3. CMH Medical College, CMH Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
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BACKGROUND: Umbilical cord lactate is one approach to measuring acidosis and intrapartum hypoxia, knowledge of which may be helpful for clinicians involved in the care of women and newborns. OBJECTIVE: To synthesise the evidence on accuracy of umbilical cord lactate in measuring acidosis and predicting poor neonatal outcome. SEARCH STRATEGY: Studies published and unpublished between 1990 and 2014 from PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and clinicaltrials.gov were assessed. SELECTION CRITERIA: Cross-sectional and randomised studies that assessed fetal acidosis (using lactate as the index test) with or without an assessment of neonatal outcome. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Correlations between index and reference test(s) were recorded, as were the raw data to classify the predictive ability of umbilical lactate for neonatal outcomes. Meta-analysis of correlation was performed. We plotted estimates of the studies' observed sensitivities and specificities on Forest plots with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Where possible, we combined data using meta-analysis, applying the hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristics model and a bivariate model. MAIN RESULTS: Twelve studies were included. Umbilical lactate correlated with pH [pooled effect size (ES) -0.650; 95% CI -0.663 to -0.637, P < 0.001], base excess (ES -0.710; 95% CI -0.721 to -0.699, P < 0.001), and Apgar scores at 5 minutes (ES 0.300; 95% 0.193-0.407, P < 0.001). Umbilical lactate had pooled sensitivity and specificity for predicting neonatal neurological outcome including hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy of 69.7% (95% CI 23.8-94.4%) and 93% (95% CI 86.8-96.3%). AUTHORS' CONCLUSION: Umbilical cord lactate is a clinically applicable, inexpensive and effective way to measure acidosis and is a tool that may be used in the assessment of neonatal outcome. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: Umbilical cord lactate: a clinically applicable, inexpensive, effective way to measure intrapartum acidosis.
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