Intra-uterine temperature measurements during fetal tachycardia.
Intra-uterine and oral temperatures were recorded in 23 patients with fetal tachycardia during labour, as well as in 22 patients without fetal tachycardia. In the tachycardia group, the mean intra-uterine temperature was 38,83 degrees C, against 37,44 degrees C in the control group. The oral temperatures were 38,05 degrees C and 33,98 degrees C respectively. Furthermore, a high incidence of neonatal infections occurred in the tachycardia group--11 against 1 in the control group. To distinguish infection from other causes of fetal tachycardia, intra-uterine temperature measurements could be applied as a diagnostic aid.
D000328:Adult; D001831:Body Temperature; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000503:physiopathology; D005334:Fever / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000503:physiopathology; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014599:Uterus