“…Limitations include the use of fetal umbilical cord blood rather than scalp blood to allow sufficient volume, as others have; 16,19,20 studies using both have shown greater variation in scalp than cord samples, possibly due to mixture with tissue fluid. 13,26 Only two alternative POC meters which have undergone recent obstetric investigation 13,17,24 were included in the study, although other lactate devices are currently being studied for obstetric use, including Roche Accutrend PlusTM, 21 together with a range of devices in the sporting world.…”