Fetal heart rate monitoring during breech labour.
Forty-two breech deliveries were monitored throughout labour. Serious asphyxia at birth occurred in 15 babies, in every case preceded by abnormalities in the fetal heart rate. Interpretation of the records implicated umbilical cord compression as the likely cause of asphyxia.
D001034:Apgar Score; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications; D001946:Breech Presentation; D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007746:Labor Presentation; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications; D014427:Twins; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000503:physiopathology