Fetal heart rate tracing during sickle cell crisis: a cause for transient late decelerations
Cruz, A.C.; Spellacy, W.N.; Jarrell, M.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 54(5): 647-649
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 503396 Document Number: 141876
A case of maternal sickle cell anemia crisis is presented. A continuous fetal heart rate (FHR) tracing demonstrates late decelerations that reversed when the mother's condition improved. The importance of recognizing this reversible late deceleration problem is discussed in terms of increasing fetal maturity.