WHAT IS FETAL DISTRESS

被引:72
作者
PARER, JT [1 ]
LIVINGSTON, EG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO,CARDIOVASC RES INST,SAN FRANCISCO,CA 94143
关键词
Asphyxia; fetal distress; fetal heart rate monitoring; fetal physiology;
D O I
10.1016/0002-9378(90)90901-I
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
Fetal distress is a widely used but poorly defined term. This confusion of definition compounds the difficulty of making an accurate diagnosis and initiating appropriate treatment. The fetus reacts at the onset of asphyxia with a remarkable series of responses, primarily a complexly regulated redistribution of blood flow that serves to limit the deleterious effects oxygen limitation in vital organs. This enables the fetus to survive asphyxia intact unless the insult is profound or prolonged. The most common asphyxial stresses imposed on the fetus during labor are insufficiency of uterine blood flow, or insufficiency of umbilical blood flow, and occasionally decrease in uterine arterial oxygenation. Each of these stresses produces characteristic fetal heart rate patterns: late decelerations, variable decelerations, or prolonged bradycardia. There is strong evidence that the presence of normal fetal heart rate variability represents normal central nervous system integrity, including adequate oxygenation. A decrese or loss of variability in the presence of these patterns is a sign that the physiologic compensations are overwhelmed as a result of the severity of asphyxia. Knowledge of the fetal responses to asphyxia, together with the known evolution of fetal heart rate patterns during asphyxia, should allow a more accurate definition of the onset of unacceptable asphyxia, and more rational management and timing of intervention. © 1990.
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