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F97Preterm fetal behaviour and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
Author(s) -
Smoleniec J. S.,
James D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2000.00015-1-96.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sudden infant death syndrome , fetus , gestational age , obstetrics , pregnancy , pediatrics , genetics , biology
Objective To look for differences in fetal behavioural state coincidence between two groups categorised into a high and a low SIDS risk by the Oxford SIDS risk scoring system. Patients and methods The study population comprised low risk women with singleton pregnancies booked at St Michael's Maternity Hospital, Bristol, Avon. The ‘Oxford SIDS risk scoring system (Peters & Golding 1986) was used to recruit pregnancies into a high and a low SIDS risk group. The study involved performing two fetal behavioural studies (Nijhuis et al . 1982) at 30 and 36 weeks gestational age on the same fetuses. The unpaired t ‐test was used to compare values for the low and the high SIDS risk groups. Results Fetal behavioural state coincidence results were analysed for a group of 58 fetuses. There were 39 in the low SIDS risk group and 19 in the high SIDS risk group. A cross‐sectional analysis of the fetal behavioural state coincidence results for the high and the low SIDS risk groups showed no significant difference ( P < 0.05). A longitudinal comparison of the intrafetal change in coincidence with increasing gestational age also showed no significant difference. Conclusion The cross‐sectional and longitudinal comparison of FBS coincidence results failed to show a significant difference between the high and low SIDS risk groups. The results suggest that fetal behavioural state study based on the Nijhuis (1982, p. 182–4) criteria did not show any association with the Oxford SIDS risk score.