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Fetal seizures causing increased heart rate variability during terminal fetal hypoxia
J A Westgate1, L Bennet, A J Gunn
1Department of Obstetrics, Research Centre for Developmental Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|September 16, 1999
Abstract:
Fetal seizures together with both abnormal breathing movements and fluctuations in fetal blood pressure and heart rate resulting in increased fetal heart rate variability have been observed in brain-damaged fetal sheep shortly after an asphyxial insult. We report a clinical example of convulsions and increased heart rate variability during terminal fetal hypoxia.