Intrapartum Fetal Electrocardiogram in Small- and Large-for-Gestational Age Fetuses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate whether intrapartum fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) tracings with ST-elevation or depression occur more frequently in each stage of labor in small-for-gestational age (SGA) or large-for-gestational age (LGA), as compared with appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) fetuses.

Study design

We conducted a secondary analysis of a large, multicenter trial in which laboring patients underwent fetal ECG waveform-analysis. We excluded participants with diabetes mellitus and major fetal anomalies. Birth weight was categorized as SGA (<10th percentile), LGA (>90th percentile), or AGA (10-90th percentile) by using a gender and race/ethnicity specific nomogram. In adjusted analyses, the frequency of ECG tracings with ST-depression or ST-elevation withou

SUBMITTER: Braginsky L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8608729 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature