A CASE OF FETAL BRADYCARDIA AND SINUSOID-LIKE FETAL HEART-RATE PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL HYPOTHERMIA

Authors
TANAKA M IKEDA T SUZUKI T YAKUBO K FUKUIYA T
Citation
M. Tanaka et al., A CASE OF FETAL BRADYCARDIA AND SINUSOID-LIKE FETAL HEART-RATE PATTERN ASSOCIATED WITH MATERNAL HYPOTHERMIA, Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 10(3), 1995, pp. 207-209
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Fetal diagnosis and therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10153837
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
207 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
1015-3837(1995)10:3<207:ACOFBA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 23-year-old pregnant woman presented with severe hypothermia (33.8 d egrees C) as a complication of treatment for urosepsis, The baseline f etal heart rate was 100 beats/min. Despite evidence of variability, a 'sinusoid-like' pattern was observed. However, the fetal heart rate gr adually returned to normal after rewarming the patient. This suggests that maternal hypothermia may induce fetal bradycardia and a 'sinusoid -like' fetal heart rate pattern.