Open AccessFetal Heart Rate Changes During Diabetic Ketosis
Author(s) -
Hughes A. B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348709092959
Subject(s) - medicine , ketosis , pregnancy , fetus , tachycardia , fetal heart rate , insulin , heart rate , endocrinology , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , genetics , biology
A case of diabetic ketosis during pregnancy is presented in which the fetal heart rate tracing demonstrated tachycardia complicated by late and severe variable decelerations. Intravenous administration of insulin resulted in prompt abolition of the deceleration patterns. The implications of these findings are discussed.