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The predictive value of fetal breathing movements in the outcome of premature labour
Article first published online: 22 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07861.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 93, Issue 12, pages 1256–1258, December 1986
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JASCHEVATZKY, O., ELLENBOGEN, A., ANDERMAN, S., FRISCH, L., NOY, Y. and GRUNSTEIN, S. (1986), The predictive value of fetal breathing movements in the outcome of premature labour. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 93: 1256–1258. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07861.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 22 AUG 2005
- Received 25 November 1985, Accepted 28 February 1986
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Summary. Fetal breathing movements (FBM) were assessed in 28 pregnant women, presenting with uterine contractions before 34 weeks gestation. External tocometry was used to determine uterine contractions objectively. The first group consisted of 17 patients, treated by tocolytics after the ultrasound scanning showed absence of FBM. The second group comprised 11 patients with FBM present, who were observed only. In the first group nine women were delivered within 1 week, whereas in the second group no patient was delivered in that period, all of them being discharged. In patients with premature contractions the presence of FBM seems to indicate that the pregnancy will continue while absence of FBM foreshadows early delivery.