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Are increased fetal movements always reassuring?
- Source :
- The journal of maternal-fetalneonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians. 33(21)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Many studies have reported on the association of reduced fetal movements and stillbirth, but little is known about excessive fetal movements and adverse pregnancy outcome. First described in 1977, sudden excessive fetal movement was noted to reflect acute fetal distress and subsequent fetal demise. Subsequently, little was reported regarding this phenomenon until 2012. However, emerging data suggest that 10-30% of the women that subsequently suffer a stillbirth describe a single episode of excessive fetal movement prior to fetal demise. These episodes are poorly understood but may reflect fetal seizure activity secondary to fetal asphyxia, cord entanglement or an adverse intrauterine environment. At present, the challenge in managing women with excessive fetal movements is a timely assessment of the fetus to identify those women at risk of adverse fetal outcomes who may benefit from intervention.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Prenatal diagnosis
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
medicine
Fetal distress
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Increased fetal movement
Fetal Death
Fetal Movement
Asphyxia
Fetus
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Obstetrics
business.industry
Pregnancy Outcome
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prenatal Care
Stillbirth
medicine.disease
embryonic structures
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Fetal movement
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Nuchal cord
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14764954
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The journal of maternal-fetalneonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4f7734bc1ee8449e4b79bd9bee275e1e