Why the study?
Do cardiac arrhythmias occur more frequently during labor and delivery in healthy parturients and do they clinically affect the mother or newborn?
Population
100 healthy pregnant women admitted for delivery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 1 h postpartum
Authors
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Arrhythmias appear benign and infrequent in healthy labor; supports expectant management but leaves open questions in high-risk groups.
Do cardiac arrhythmias occur more frequently during labor and delivery in healthy parturients and do they clinically affect the mother or newborn?
Cardiac arrhythmias during normal labor and delivery in healthy women are generally benign, infrequent, and do not require therapeutic intervention.
Berlinerblau et al. (2001) studied this question.
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