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Fewer accelerations and decreased long term variability in the heart rate of small for gestational age fetuses
Author(s) -
D'Hooghe T.M.,
Odendaal H.J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90816-n
Subject(s) - medicine , small for gestational age , gestational age , fetus , appropriate for gestational age , obstetrics , gestation , term (time) , heart rate , pregnancy , blood pressure , genetics , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Two hundred newborns delivered after decelerative antenatal fetal heart rate tracings were divided retrospectively into two groups, one that was small for gestational age (SGA) and another that was appropriately grown for gestational age (AGA). Analysis of the tests showed a lower prevalence of good long term variability in the SGA group when compared with the AGA group. In addition, fetal heart rate accelerations occurred less frequently in the SGA group, even in the presence of good long term variability.