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Fetal heart rate decelerations during ECT‐induced seizures: is it important?
Author(s) -
DeBattista C.,
Cochran M.,
Barry J. J.,
BrockUtne J. G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.470119.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , electroconvulsive therapy , pregnancy , fetal heart rate , pharmacotherapy , anesthesia , heart rate , epilepsy , obstetrics , psychiatry , blood pressure , genetics , electroconvulsive shock , biology
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is sometimes indicated during pregnancy and may offer advantages over pharmacotherapy for the patient and the fetus (1,2). However, very little data is available on the impact of epileptic or ECT‐induced seizures on the fetus. We report a case of brief fetal heart rate decelerations in a fetus associated with maternal ECT‐induced convulsions.