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Fetal panting: yet another response to the external vibratory acoustic stimulation test
D M Sherer1, J S Abramowicz, M L D'Amico
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 11, 1991
Abstract:
Fetal panting at a rate of 119 respiratory movements per minute, persisting for 40 minutes after external vibratory acoustic stimulation, was noted in a fetus at 33 weeks' gestation. Subsequent fetal outcome was good. The possible underlying pathophysiologic mechanism is discussed.