Title: A Study on Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring in Fetal Distress and Neonatal Outcome
Author: Dr Amod Kumar Singh
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i12.49
Abstract
A prospective study was done in Kamla Nehru Hospital IGMC shimla on 100 women with one or more signs of fetal distress like decreased fetal movement perception by mother, meconium staining of amniotic fluid and fetal heart rate abnormality; out of which 32 patients were chosen randomly for electronic fetal heart rate monitoring. Fetal bradycardia, decreased beat to beat variability, late deceleration and sine wave pattern groups were resulted in more asphyxiated babies at 1 and 5 minutes Apgar score in comparison to variable deceleration group. Fetal tachycardia resulted in nonasphyxiated babies at 1 and 5 minutes Apgar score.
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