Responses to vibroacoustic stimulation in a fetus with an encephalocele compared to responses of normal fetuses
| Autor: | C.F. van Heteren, Jan G. Nijhuis, P.F. Boekkooi, Henk W. Jongsma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Central nervous system Stimulation Gestational Age Vibroacoustic stimulation Foetale habituatie op vibroacoustische stimulatie ter vroeg detectie van neonatale hersenschade Vibration Encephalocele Central nervous system disease Pregnancy Internal medicine Cerebellum medicine Humans Fetal Movement reproductive and urinary physiology Fetus business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Body movement Heart Rate Fetal medicine.disease Fetal Diseases Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Acoustic Stimulation Anesthesia embryonic structures Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Fetal movement Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 28, 306-308 Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 28, 4, pp. 306-308 |
| ISSN: | 0300-5577 |
| Popis: | Background: Observation of fetal movement and fetal heart rate (FHR) responses to repeated vibroacoustic stimulation (VAS) might be useful as a measure to assess fetal well-being and to assess the integrity of the fetal central nervous system (CNS). We observed the movement and FHR responses to repeated VAS of a term fetus with a serious brain anomaly as compared to responses of normal term fetuses. Subjects, methods, results: In 37 normal term fetuses and in a term fetus with an encephalocele we studied movement and FHR response to repeated VAS. All normal fetuses responded within 1 s after stimulation with general body movement and FHR acceleration. At 36 gestational weeks, no movement or FHR responses were seen in the fetus with an encephalocele. Repetition of the test in this fetus after one week still showed no response to repeated VAS. Conclusion: Normal fetuses showed movement and FHR responses to external stimulation. The fetus with an encephalocele did not respond to repeated VAS with a movement or FHR acceleration. Case studies in fetuses with structural anomalies of the CNS are needed to gain insight into the spectrum of possible responses to VAS. |
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