The unreactive fetal heart rate.
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چکیده
The 'flat' fetal heart rate (FHR) trace both before and during labour is viewed ominously by many obstetricians and midwives. The current medicolegal climate relating especially to care in labour is such that much emphasis is placed on an unreactive FHR. There is a tendency to link an unreactive FHR with an adverse outcome. However, it is only in a minority of cases that this is true. Furthermore, there is a wide variation in both definition and interpretation. Like many aspects of pregnancy care, the unreactive FHR is an example of 'a little knowledge being a bad thing'.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 67 10 Spec No شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992