[The surveillance of pregnancies with suspected placental dysfunction. II. Antepartum fetal heart rate: the significance of baseline levels and accellerations (author's transl)].
Baseline tachycardia was observed in 12% of 265 fetuses, baseline bradycardia in 19%. No statistical difference can be found between the different groups. Baseline levels were without the normal range in only 4 of the 13 antepartum deaths. Therefore neither tachycardia nor bradycardia is a reliable sign of chronical fetal hypoxia. Accelerations were constant absent only few days before the intrauterine death.
D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010927:Placental Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis
Die Schwangerschaftsüberwachung bei plazentarer Dysfunktion. II. Die Bedeutung der antepartalen fetalen Basalfrequenz und der spontanen Akzelerationen