Contraction stress testing with mammary self-stimulation.
One hundred fifty-six women with high-risk pregnancies performed mammary self-stimulation 256 times in an attempt to induce uterine contractions that would meet contraction-stress-test criteria. One hundred forty-nine, or 57%, of the attempts resulted in contractions of adequate duration and frequency to satisfy those criteria. Patient acceptance of the procedure was very high; only one patient refused to participate. Performing a contraction stress test through mammary self-stimulation was found to shorten the time that successful patients stayed in the testing area and eliminated the need for an intravenous oxytocin challenge test.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009558:Nipples / Q000502:physiology*; D010121:Oxytocin; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D012653:Self Stimulation / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects
D010121:Oxytocin