Key result
Computer-analyzed fetal heart rate indices, particularly the duration of episodes of low variation, were significantly associated with umbilical artery pH at birth (r = -0.77; P < .001).
Why the study?
Do individual computer-analyzed fetal heart rate indices predict umbilical artery acidemia at birth in growth-restricted fetuses?
Population
38 growth-restricted fetuses at 26-37 weeks' gestation from pregnancies with abnormal uterine and/or…
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
within 4 hours of cesarean birth
Authors
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May aid acidemia prediction via low FHR variation in growth-restricted fetuses; leaves open prospective validation.
Observational (n=38)
Do individual computer-analyzed fetal heart rate indices predict umbilical artery acidemia at birth in growth-restricted fetuses?
Effect estimate: r = -0.77
p-value: p=< .001
Computer indices of fetal heart rate variation, particularly episodes of low variation, are significantly associated with umbilical artery pH and can predict acidemia at birth in growth-restricted fetuses.
Guzmán et al. (1996) conducted an observational in Growth-restricted fetuses (n=38). Computer analysis of fetal heart rate (FHR) indices was evaluated on Umbilical artery pH at birth (r = -0.77, p=< .001). Computer-analyzed fetal heart rate indices, particularly the duration of episodes of low variation, were significantly associated with umbilical artery pH at birth (r = -0.77; P < .001).
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