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FETAL BREATHING MOVEMENTS IN HIGH RISK PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Trudinger B. J.,
Lewis P. J.,
Mangez Jean,
O'Connor Evelyn
Publication year - 1978
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.1471-0528.1978.tb14944.x
Subject(s) - fetus , breathing , medicine , trunk , pregnancy , fetal movement , fetal distress , obstetrics , anesthesia , biology , ecology , genetics
Summary In 12 normal and 50 high risk pregnancies fetal breathing and fetal trunk movements were measured by real time ultrasound after the mothers had been given oral glucose. Fetal breathing was significantly reduced in the two fetuses which subsequently died and in five of six fetuses developing fetal distress in labour. Two patterns of breathing were noted in 23 fetuses with cessation of Intrauterine growth: either reduced fetal breathing or almost continuous breathing. Fetal trunk movements were more variable than breathing movements and a reduction in trunk movements had less predictive value.