Fetal heart-rate monitoring during maternal hypoglycaemic coma: a case report.
Contradictory descriptions exist concerning the fetal heart-rate (FHR) patterns that appear during maternal hypoglycaemia. We report a case of maternal hypoglycaemic coma during which a FHR tracing was obtained showing a normal type D accelerative pattern.
Matias
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of São João, Porto, Portugal.
Xavier
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Bernardes
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Patrício
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D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*