The effect of maternal ethanol intoxication on fetal cardiotocography: a report of four cases.
Fetal cardiotocography revealed no or poor variability and no reactivity to fetal movements and or external stimuli in four drunken women. This was taken as a sign of fetal hypoxia in one patient and led to emergency caesarean section although, the infant was not hypoxic. In the other three patients, cardiotocography normalized within 11-14 h when the mothers became sober.
D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications