Baseline fetal heart rate characteristics as an indicator of fetal status during the antepartum period.
A retrospective study was designed to determine whether the baseline fetal heart rate (FHR), recorded before oxytocin infusion, would have any correlation with the outcome of the oxytocin challenge test (OCT).
D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*
D010121:Oxytocin