Hon fetal heart rate pattern flags brain damage.(News) From: OB GYN News | Date: May 15, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

UNIVERSAL CITY, CALIF. -- Intrapartum fetal heart rate patterns can reveal urgent information about neurologic injuries suffered during labor, and also can identify brain damage sustained before the perinatal period.

"A large number of brain-damaged children arrive in that condition on our doorstep." Jeffrey P. Phelan, M.D., said at a meeting of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Assembly of Southern California.

As many as 50% of brain-damaged infants have sustained irreversible neurologic injuries before labor and delivery, explained Dr. Phelan, chairman of the Citrus ...

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