Using fetal ECG to differentiate maternal and fetal heart rates in labor
Published
22 October 2012
| Article by Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica 2012
| Tags:
cardiotocograph,
maternal-heart-rate,
second-stage-of-labor,
fetal-electrocardiograph,
accelerations,
fetal-scalp-electrode.
Using fetal ECG to differentiate maternal and fetal heart rates in labor
Erroneous recording of maternal heart rate as fetal during the second stage of labor may lead to perinatal morbidity and mortality due to non‐recognition of intrapartum hypoxic insult to the fetus. Fetal ECG may help differentiate between maternal and fetal heart rates.
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