title: Fetal seizures causing increased heart rate variability during terminal fetal hypoxia.
abstract: Fetal seizures together with both abnormal breathing movements and fluctuations in fetal blood pressure and heart rate resulting in increased fetal heart rate variability have been observed in brain-damaged fetal sheep shortly after an asphyxial insult. We report a clinical example of convulsions and increased heart rate variability during terminal fetal hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Research Centre for Developmental Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Westgate
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bennet
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gunn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015148:Cardiotocography; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000150:complications*; D005324:Fetal Movement; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*