The effect of intrapartum prolonged oxygen exposure on fetal metabolic status: secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial

Fang Chuai, Tong Dong, Yuan Liu, Wen Jiang, Lanmei Zhang, Lei Chen, Yunhai Chuai, Yuhang Zhou, Fang Chuai, Tong Dong, Yuan Liu, Wen Jiang, Lanmei Zhang, Lei Chen, Yunhai Chuai, Yuhang Zhou

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the effect of maternal prolonged oxygen exposure during labor on fetal acid-base status, fetal heart rate tracings, and umbilical cord arterial metabolites.

Design: The study was conducted as a secondary analysis.

Settings: The study was set in three tertiary teaching hospitals in Beijing, China.

Participants: Approximately 140 women in the latent phase of labor with no complications participated in the study.

Intervention: Participants were randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive either 10 L of oxygen per minute in a tight-fitting simple facemask until delivery or room air only.

Main outcome measures: The primary outcome was the umbilical cord arterial lactate.

Results: Baseline demographics and labor outcomes were similar between the oxygen and room air groups; the time from randomization to delivery was 322 ± 147 min. There were no differences between the two groups in the umbilical cord arterial lactate (mean difference 0.3 mmol/L, 95% confidence interval -0.2 to 0.9), the number of participants with high-risk category II fetal heart rate tracings (relative risk 0.94, 95% confidence interval 0.68 to 1.32), or the duration of those high-risk tracings (mean difference 3.6 min, 95% confidence interval -9.3 to 16.4). Prolonged oxygen exposure significantly altered 91 umbilical cord arterial metabolites, and these alterations did not appear to be related to oxidative stress.

Conclusion: Maternal prolonged oxygen exposure during labor did not affect either the umbilical cord arterial lactate or high-risk category II fetal heart rate tracings but might result in alterations to the umbilical cord arterial metabolic profile.

Clinical trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT03764696.

Keywords: childbirth; fetal heart rate tracings; pregnancy; prolonged oxygen exposure; umbilical cord arterial metabolites.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

Copyright © 2023 Chuai, Dong, Liu, Jiang, Zhang, Chen, Chuai and Zhou.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
The volcano plot analysis of differential metabolites. Negative ionization mode (A) and positive ionization mode (B).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Median umbilical cord arterial malondialdehyde in women randomized to oxygen and room air.

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