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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Objective of the paper was to determine the fetal heart rate (FHR) changes that occur in preterm fetuses whose mothers have suffered antepartum bleeding, versus uncomplicated controls. Over a 12-year span, 91 patients with significant antenatal bleeding (bleeding requiring inhospital observation) were examined and compared to 75 controls with uncomplicated normal pregnancies. None of the women were in labor and all were evaluated at 25-37 weeks' gestation. Excluded were: patients with any other complication (i.e., premature rupture of membranes, intrauterine growth retardation, diabetes, hypertension, collagen vascular disease, postuterine surgery, substance abuse and twins). Analysis of the FHR tracings included baseline heart rate, long-term FHR variability, and number and amplitude of FHR accelerations in 20-min segments. There was no difference in baseline heart rate in the preterm fetuses of pregnancies complicated by antepartum bleeding versus controls. However, the parameters associated with FHR reactivity (number of accelerations in 20 min, and amplitude of accelerations) were higher to a statistically significant degree in fetuses of pregnancies complicated by antenatal bleeding than in controls. Fetuses of mothers suffering antenatal bleeding exhibited significant higher rates of reactive FHR patterns at earlier gestational ages than did controls. In conclusion, there is a significant increase in FHR reactivity in pregnancies in which significant antenatal bleeding occurs, suggesting a probable acceleration in fetal central nervous system maturation in these fetuses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-7346
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Antenatal bleeding and fetal heart rate.
pubmed:affiliation
Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article