The effects of acute alcohol intoxication on biophysical activities: a case report.
A computer-assisted biophysical assessment was performed in a woman with chronic alcoholism at 37 weeks' gestation. She was first seen in a state of acute alcohol intoxication (322 mg/dl). Although fetal breathing movement incidence was normal (30%), fetal tachypnea (67 breaths per minute) and decreased fetal body movements (0.11%) were seen. Because these findings differ from those previously reported with regard to normal pregnancies exposed to lower levels of alcohol, their implications are discussed.
Castillo
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912.
Devoe
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Ruedrich
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Gardner
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D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D005324:Fetal Movement; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012119:Respiration