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Nonreassuring Fetal Heart Rate, Attempted Instrumental Delivery, Forceps Rotation, Cord Prolapse During Rotation Maneuver, and Rescue by Extreme Emergency Abdominal Delivery

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In the course of an attempted instrumental delivery, prolapse of a pulseless umbilical cord occurred, concomitant with total collapse of the fetal heart rate pattern. Rescue was by extreme emergency abdominal delivery.

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Freistadt, H. Nonreassuring Fetal Heart Rate, Attempted Instrumental Delivery, Forceps Rotation, Cord Prolapse During Rotation Maneuver, and Rescue by Extreme Emergency Abdominal Delivery. J Perinatol 21, 76–78 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200481

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