Expert offers tips on interpreting fetal heart rate. (Bradycardias vs. Decelerations). From: OB GYN News | Date: September 15, 2002| Author: Boughton, Barbara | COPYRIGHT 2002 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

SAN FRANCISCO -- The ability to distinguish between prolonged deceleration and bradycardia is vital in preventing fetal injury and death, Dr. Deborah Wing said at a meeting on antepartum and intrapartum management sponsored by the University of California, San Francisco.

"Some decelerations are quite ominous, while others are less so," said Dr. Wing of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

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