The response of the fetal heart rate of amniocentesis.
Fetal heart rate monitoring during 107 amniocenteses suggested that acceleration of the fetal heart rate indicated fetal well-being. Eight out of the 19 fetuses who did not show this response (as against 2 out of the 88 others) had a low Apgar score at birth.
D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis; D001034:Apgar Score; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010808:Physical Examination; D011247:Pregnancy; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology