title: Evaluation of fetal wellbeing by antepartum fetal heart monitoring.
abstract: The value of antenatal fetal heart rate monitoring was assessed in 301 patients. Tracings from each patient were classified as "reactive" or "non-reactive." Perinatal mortality, fetal distress in labour, caesarean section for fetal distress, and the incidence of low Apgar scores were all significantly increased in the non-reactive group.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*