Small-volume amnioinfusion: a potential stimulus of intrapartum fetal heart rate accelerations.
We describe a recurrent nonreassuring fetal heart rate pattern in which small-volume amnioinfusions apparently evoked fetal heart rate accelerations suggested fetal well-being, allowing that progressive labor that culminated in the vaginal delivery of a healthy infant.
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME, USA.
Joseph R
JR
Wax
Nina
N
Flaherty
Michael G
MG
Pinette
Jacquelyn
J
Blackstone
Angelina
A
Cartin
D000650:Amnion; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D011247:Pregnancy; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D012965:Sodium Chloride