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The suspicious contraction stress test.
- Source :
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Obstetrics and gynecology [Obstet Gynecol] 1978 Apr; Vol. 51 (4), pp. 415-8. - Publication Year :
- 1978
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Abstract
- From a clinical service using the contraction stress test as an evaluator of fetal well-being, a 37-month review of the significance of the suspicious contraction stress test was performed. There were no antepartum losses in a group of 107 patients whose initial test was suspicious. Following each testing a number of patients delivered spontaneously or were delivered for other reasons. Results in 5 of 67 patients at the second testing changed from a suspicious to a positive test, 36 became negative, and 26 remained suspicious. There were no further conversions to a positive test after the second testing. There is a strong correlation between the loss of fetal heart reactivity and the repeated suspicious contraction stress test. The chief value of the suspicious test is as a marker in the high-risk pregnancy appraisal for consideration of additional fetal and maternal evaluation and possible clinical management alteration.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0029-7844
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 662222
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006250-197804000-00006