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FETAL BREATHING AND GENERALIZED FETAL MOVEMENTS IN NORMAL ANTENATAL PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Nox Ritchie J. W.
Publication year - 1979
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.1471-0528.1979.tb10822.x
Subject(s) - fetus , medicine , breathing , obstetrics , anesthesia , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Summary Fetal breathing movements (FBM) and generalized fetal movements (GFM) were recorded for 30 minutes using a real time B‐scan instrument in 46 women with uncomplicated pregnancies. FBM occurred for 27.6±3.5 (SE) per cent and GFM for 10.9±0.9 (SE) per cent of the recording time. The time occupied by FBM was not significantly related to smoking, meal times or plasma glucose concentrations. FBM were absent during the observation period in 15 per cent of patients and present for less than 10 per cent of the time in 33 per cent of patients.