Fetal heart rate tracing during sickle cell crisis: a cause for transient late decelerations.
A case of maternal sickle cell anemia crisis is presented. A continuous fetal heart rate (FHR) tracing demonstrates late decelerations that reversed when the mother's condition improved. The importance of recognizing this reversible late deceleration problem is discussed in terms of increasing fetal maturity.
D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009068:Movement; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D014590:Uterine Contraction