Prevention of fetal brain injury in category II tracings.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With category II fetal heart rate tracings, the preferred timing of interventions to prevent fetal hypoxic brain damage while limiting operative interventions remains unclear. We aimed to estimate fetal extracellular base deficit (BD_ecf ) during labor with category II tracings to quantify the timing of potential interventions to prevent severe fetal metabolic acidemia.

Material and methods

A longitudinal study was conducted using the database of the Recurrence Prevention Committee, Japan Obstetric Compensation System for Cerebral Palsy, including infants with severe cerebral palsy born at ≥34 weeks' gestation between 2009 and 2014. Cases included those presumed to have an intrapartum onset of hypoxic-ischemic insult based on the fetal heart rate patte

SUBMITTER: Nakao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10619613 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature