THE RESPONSE OF THE FETAL HEART RATE TO AMNIOCENTESIS
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 83 (10) , 768-770
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00741.x
Abstract
Fetal heart rate monitoring during 107 amniocenteses suggested that acceleration of the fetal heart rate indicated fetal well-being. Eight out of the 19 fetuses who did not show this response (as against 2 out of the 88 others) had a low Apgar score at birth.Keywords
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