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Am J Perinatol 1989; 6(3): 287-288
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999594
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© 1989 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Fetal Heart Rate Changes Associated with General Anesthesia

Donna M. Fedorkow, Terry J. Stewart, John Parboosingh
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Foothills Provincial General Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Decreased fetal heart rate variability was noted 90 seconds after the induction of general anesthesia with sodium thiopentone and fentanyl in a patient undergoing basket extraction of a renal calculus at 30 weeks' gestation. The fetal sleep pattern lasted for 105 minutes after the anesthetic was discontinued, 45 minutes after the mother was fully awake.

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