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Quantitated fetal heart rhythm at 20, 32 and 38 weeks of gestation and dependence on rest-activity patterns. 1992

J M Swartjes, and H P van Geijn, and R Mantel, and H C Schoemaker

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Quantitative parameters of fetal heart rate (FHR) were automatically analysed at 20, 32 and 38 weeks of pregnancy. FHR was obtained both by the fetal ECG method and by wide range Doppler ultrasound with autocorrelation. At 32 and 38 weeks, FHR was studied in relation to fetal rest-activity according to the fetal behavioural state concept (coincidence 1F and 2F). Basal fetal heart rate was significantly higher at 20 weeks of gestation than at 32 and 38 weeks. The number of accelerations increased significantly from 20 weeks to 32 and 38 weeks for C2F periods. Parameters of FHR variability, i.e. ID, ABB, LTI indices and bandwidth, were higher during periods C2F compared to periods C1F. Lowest values of all four parameters were found at 20 weeks gestation. The ID index, which is a measure of short-term variability increased significantly between 32 to 38 (C2F). The absolute values of ID, ABB and LTI were lower for ultrasound recordings than for the fetal ECG.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D012146	Rest	Freedom from activity.	Rests
D005260	Female		Females
D005865	Gestational Age	The age of the conceptus, beginning from the time of FERTILIZATION. In clinical obstetrics, the gestational age is often estimated from the onset of the last MENSTRUATION which is about 2 weeks before OVULATION and fertilization. It is also estimated to begin from fertilization, estrus, coitus, or artificial insemination.	Embryologic Age,Fetal Maturity, Chronologic,Chronologic Fetal Maturity,Fetal Age,Maturity, Chronologic Fetal,Age, Embryologic,Age, Fetal,Age, Gestational,Ages, Embryologic,Ages, Fetal,Ages, Gestational,Embryologic Ages,Fetal Ages,Gestational Ages
D006340	Heart Rate, Fetal	The heart rate of the FETUS. The normal range at term is between 120 and 160 beats per minute.	Fetal Heart Rate,Fetal Heart Rates,Heart Rates, Fetal,Rate, Fetal Heart,Rates, Fetal Heart
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000204	Activity Cycles	Bouts of physical irritability or movement alternating with periods of quiescence. It includes biochemical activity and hormonal activity which may be cellular. These cycles are shorter than 24 hours and include sleep-wakefulness cycles and the periodic activation of the digestive system.	Activity Cycle,Cycle, Activity,Cycles, Activity

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