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Original Research
Misinterpretation of fetal heart rate monitoring in case of intrauterine death
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The Sackler Facnlty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv Universiry, The Edith Wolfson Hospital, Holon 58100 (Israel)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1984, 11(4), 126–129;
Published: 10 December 1984
Abstract
Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring has become a routine examination to assess fetal well-being. This report presents an unusual case in which maternal heart rate tachycardia was obtained from a dead fetus and was interpreted erroneously. The dead fetus conducted maternal ECG even through a scalp electrode by amplifying the input signal through the Automatic Control system of the monitoring equipment. The importance of concomitant maternal radial pulse recording or a real time scan is stressed.