Fetal death from sepsis following a reassuring intrapartum fetal acoustic stimulation test
Strong, T.H.; Masaki, D.I.; Sarno, A.P.; Paul, R.H.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 74(3 Part 2): 465-468
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 2761932 Document Number: 333202
An intrapartum fetal death within 20 minutes of a reassuring acoustically stimulated fetal heart rate acceleration is reported. The cause of death in this instance was congenital pneumonia, gram-negative sepsis, and meconium aspiration. Umbilical cord pH values obtained at delivery did not demonstrate asphyxia (ie, low pO2, high pCO2, and low pH), but suggested a metabolic acidosis typical of sepsis.