Key result
Ritodrine promptly restores fetal heart rate during severe intrapartum bradycardia in 4 cases.
Why the study?
Does ritodrine improve recovery of the fetal heart rate in patients with severe fetal bradycardia in labour?
Does ritodrine improve recovery of the fetal heart rate in patients with severe fetal bradycardia in labour?
Ritodrine administration during labour may rapidly reverse severe fetal bradycardia and lead to satisfactory delivery outcomes.
Ritodrine may temporize severe intrapartum fetal bradycardia; leaves open efficacy and safety in controlled trials.
Summary. Four patients with severe fetal bradycardia in labour were treated with ritodrine; recovery of the fetal heart rate occurred immediately. The infants were delivered in satisfactory condition and paediatric follow‐up has not shown any neurological abnormality.
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David J R Hutchon (1982) studied this question. Ritodrine administration in four patients with severe fetal bradycardia during labor led to immediate fetal heart rate recovery and satisfactory deliveries without neurological abnormalities.
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