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THE VALUE OF CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY IN ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
Author(s) -
Saunderson P. R.,
Steer P. J.
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.tb15607.x
Subject(s) - cardiotocography , obstetrics , value (mathematics) , medicine , pregnancy , statistics , mathematics , biology , fetus , genetics
Summary The main indication for Caesarean section in cases of placental abruption is fetal distress. We report a patient in whom clinical examination, including auscultation of the fetal heart, suggested a mild haemorrhage, which would normally have been managed conservatively, but continuous fetal heart rate monitoring showed severe asphyxia, necessitating emergency Caesarean section at which a large concealed haemorrhage was found.