Why the study?
Does smoking a standard filter cigarette reduce fetal heart-rate variability in healthy pregnant women at term?
Does smoking a standard filter cigarette reduce fetal heart-rate variability in healthy pregnant women at term?
Smoking a single cigarette acutely decreases fetal heart-rate variability in healthy pregnant women at term, suggesting narcotic and hypoxic effects on the fetus.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Acute fetal HRV reduction after smoking warrants cessation counseling; leaves open links to outcomes in observational data.
Lehtovirta et al. (1983) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched one closely related paper. Consider it for comparative context: