An Update of Our Understanding of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns in Health and Disease

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UNDERSTANDING FETAL HEART RATE PATTERNS THAT MAY PREDICT ANTENATAL AND INTRAPARTUM NEURAL INJURY: Christopher A. Lear, Jenny A. Westgate, Austin Ugwumadu, Jan G. Nijhuis, Peter R. Stone, Antoniya Georgieva, Tomoaki Ikeda, Guido Wassink , Laura Bennet , Alistair J. Gunn Seminars in Pediatric Neurology Volume 28, December 2018, Pages 3-16 Electronic fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring is widely used to assess fetal well-being throughout pregnancy and labor. Both antenatal and intrapartum FHR monitoring are associated with a high negative predictive value and a very poor positive predictive value. This in part reflects the physiological resilience of the healthy fetus and the remarkable effectiveness of fetal adaptations to even severe challenges. In this way, the majority of "abnormal" FHR patterns in fact reflect a fetus' appropriate adaptive responses to adverse in utero conditions. Understanding the physiology of these adaptations, how they are reflected in the FHR trace and in what conditions they can fail is therefore critical to appreciating both the potential uses and limitations of electronic FHR monitoring.

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E-Artikel

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

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Seminars in pediatric neurology - 47(2023) vom: 15. Okt., Seite 101072

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Englisch

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Lear, Christopher A [VerfasserIn]
Ugwumadu, Austin [VerfasserIn]
Bennet, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Gunn, Alistair J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 06.11.2023

Date Revised 08.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.spen.2023.101072

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NLM364109092