title: Application of a fetal scalp electrode for continuous fetal heart rate monitoring during an ex utero intrapartum treatment.
abstract: Fetal monitoring is required to avoid hypoxic injury during ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT). We performed a tracheostomy under EXIT in a case of suspected airway obstruction caused by a cervical teratoma. The scalp electrode was applied for continuous fetal heart rate monitoring. This device enabled us to promptly deal with fetal bradycardia caused by cord compression. We describe here the usefulness of the fetal scalp electrode for fetal monitoring under EXIT.
authors.affiliation: Perinatal Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan. mkaneko@fc.miyazaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masatoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Motoi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Seirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Machigashira
authors.forename: Youhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maki
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sameshima
authors.forename: Tsuyomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikenoue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis; D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D012535:Scalp; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome