Routine MonitoringHeart FailureFetal MedicineGynecologyHealthy PatientsSuch TypeObstetricsPublic HealthCardiologyPreterm LaborMaternal HealthMaternal-fetal MedicineCardiac ArrestCardiovascular DiseasePhysiologyPediatricsPregnancyFetal ComplicationMedicineAnesthesiology
With the use of routine monitoring of all patients in labor, a number of confusing, seemingly ominous fetal heart rate tracings in otherwise normal, healthy patients have been observed. This report described one such type of pattern called prolonged end stage deceleration.