The oxytocin challenge test: an ominous pattern associated with severe fetal growth retardation.
Four cases of a rare atypical fetal heart pattern obtained during the oxytocin challenge test are described. In all cases, there were marked oligohydramnios and fetal growth retardation with a severely compromised fetus, and in 3 cases the fetuses died.
D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin; D011247:Pregnancy
D010121:Oxytocin