Fetal heart rate in the second stage of labour and fetal outcome
Ohel, G.
South African Medical Journal 54(27): 1130-1131
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 34235 Document Number: 124923
Fetal heart rate tracings were obtained in 50 patients who had a normal 1st stage of labour until delivery of the baby. Fetal condition at birth was assessed by umbilical cord artery (UCA) pH and Apgar scores. Forty-eight of the 50 fetal heart tracings showed frequent, marked, early decelerations throughout the 2nd stage of labour. These tracings, when not accompanied by other pathological features, were associated with a good fetal outcome at birth.