LA was a 26-year-old gravida 3, para 0020 who presented for induction of labor at 37 weeks' gestation. Her prenatal course had been significant for Rh negative status for which she had received Rh ...
Studies examining the fetal heart rate (FHR) prior to uterine rupture consistently report that non-reassuring fetal heart rate patterns are the predominant sign suggesting impending or actual uterine ...
The following are suggested guidelines for practice and documentation relevant to intrauterine asphyxia that incorporate the information presented above. All fetuses should be monitored in labor via ...
OBJECTIVE: To ascertain if a dye-determined amniotic fluid volume was predictive of intrapartum and perinatal outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The low and normal amniotic fluid volumes (<5th percentile ...
It is uncertain whether amnioinfusion (infusion of saline into the amniotic cavity) in women who have thick meconium staining of the amniotic fluid reduces the risk of perinatal death, moderate or ...
Simple and interesting heart rate dynamics have been identified in premature human infants -- reversible transitions to large-amplitude periodic oscillations -- and the appearance and disappearance of ...