Effect of maternal position and uterine activity on periodic maternal heart rate changes before elective cesarean section at term.

Selma Ibrahim Erika Jarefors Daniel Gerhardus Nel Linda Vollmer Coenraad A Groenewald Hein J Odendaal

Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica (2015)

In a subgroup of pregnant women at term, uterine activity was associated with periodic decelerations of the MHR. In low risk pregnancies there seems to be no effect on the FHR pattern. Implications for the compromised fetus have not yet been investigated.

Keyphrases

heart rate
gestational age
birth weight
pregnancy outcomes
pregnant women
heart rate variability
blood pressure
preterm infants
preterm birth
patients undergoing
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
weight gain
phase iii