EFFECTS OF SPONTANEOUS AND ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE RUPTURE IN LABOUR UPON FETAL HEART RATE
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 84 (1) , 44-47
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12465.x
Abstract
This study reports the effects of spontaneous rupture of membranes and artificial rupture of membranes on fetal heart rate patterns during labour in 87 normal and 25 complicated pregnancies. The incidence of early deceleration patterns following membrane rupture was 6.25 per cent during the first 15 minutes and 1.78 per cent after 45 minutes, regardless of whether the pregnancy was normal or complicated. It is concluded that rupture of membranes does not significantly increase the incidence of early deceleration patterns. However, the occurrence of other heart rate alterations such as late decelerations, loss of beat-to-beat variability, changes in base line and tachycardia, need to be investigated further in larger collaborative studies.Keywords
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