Fetal heart rate accelerations in second-stage labour; two case reports.
Two cases of umbilical cord compression are reported in which variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate in the first stage of labour progressed to marked periodic accelerations in the second stage. A respiratory acidosis was present at birth in both cases.
Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, U.K.
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D000328:Adult; D015148:Cardiotocography; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D007748:Labor Stage, Second; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000473:pathology*