Fetal heart rate evolution patterns in cerebral palsy associated with umbilical cord complications: a nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the present study was to clarify fetal heart rate (FHR) evolution patterns in infants with cerebral palsy (CP) according to different types of umbilical cord complications.

Methods

This case-control study included children born: with a birth weight   ≥2000 g, at gestational age   ≥33 weeks, with disability due to CP, and between 2009 and 2014. Obstetric characteristics and FHR patterns were compared among patients with CP associated with (126 cases) and without (594 controls) umbilical cord complications.

Results

There were 32 umbilical cord prolapse cases and 94 cases with coexistent antenatal umbilical cord complications. Compared with the control group, the persistent non-reassuring pattern was more frequent in cases with coexistent antenatal

SUBMITTER: Hasegawa J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature