FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING DURING BREECH LABOUR

  1. Timothy Wheeler Research Fellow†,
  2. Keith Greene Senior House Officer

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00621.x

Issue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 82, Issue 3, pages 208–214, March 1975

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Wheeler, T. and Greene, K. (1975), FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING DURING BREECH LABOUR. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 82: 208–214. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00621.x

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5

  1. †

    Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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Summary

Forty-two breech deliveries were monitored throughout labour. Serious asphyxia at birth occurred in 15 babies, in every case preceded by abnormalities in the fetal heart rate. Interpretation of the records implicated umbilical cord compression as the likely cause of asphyxia.

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