A case of fetal bradycardia and sinusoid-like fetal heart rate pattern associated with maternal hypothermia.
A 23-year-old pregnant woman presented with severe hypothermia (33.8 degrees C) as a complication of treatment for urosepsis. The baseline fetal heart rate was 100 beats/min. Despite evidence of variability, a 'sinusoid-like' pattern was observed. However, the fetal heart rate gradually returned to normal after rewarming the patient. This suggests that maternal hypothermia may induce fetal bradycardia and a 'sinusoid-like' fetal heart rate pattern.
Tanaka
M
M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Urawa Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
Ikeda
T
T
Suzuki
T
T
Yakubo
K
K
Fukuiya
T
T
D000328:Adult; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy