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Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Casebook: Decreased Fetal Movement

Journal of Perinatology volume 22, pages 333–335 (2002)Cite this article

DH was a 34-year-old gravida 2, para 1, aborta 1 African American woman with a chief complaint of decreased fetal movement of several hours duration. She was followed in High-Risk Clinic for chronic essential hypertension. This pregnancy had been complicated by a hospitalization 3 weeks previously for control of hypertension. At that time an extensive workup was unremarkable. Ultrasound had confirmed the fetus to be symmetrically small for gestational age. This was consistent with her prior obstetrical history of delivering an SGA fetus 4 years earlier at 26 weeks' gestation. That infant, weighing 590 g at birth had survived and done well to date.

She had notified her obstetrician of a decrease in fetal activity earlier on the day of admission. The patient was advised to come in to the hospital for evaluation later that afternoon.

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  1. Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of OBGYN, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA

    Martin L Gimovsky MD, Gene Freylikhman MD & Kenneth A Kappy MD

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Gimovsky, M., Freylikhman, G. & Kappy, K. Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Casebook: Decreased Fetal Movement. J Perinatol 22, 333–335 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210692

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