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THE RESPONSE OF THE FETAL HEART RATE TO AMNIOCENTESIS
Author(s) -
Ron M.,
Polishuk W. Z.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00741.x
Subject(s) - fetus , amniocentesis , fetal heart rate , heart rate , medicine , fetal heart , obstetrics , pregnancy , cardiology , prenatal diagnosis , blood pressure , biology , genetics
Summary Fetal heart rate monitoring during 107 amniocenteses suggested that acceleration of the fetal heart rate indicated fetal well–being. Eight out of the 19 fetuses who did not show this response (as against 2 out of the 88 others) had a low Apgar score at birth.