Lena Braginsky1, Steven J Weiner2, George R Saade3, Michael W Varner4, Sean C Blackwell5, Uma M Reddy6, John M Thorp7, Alan T N Tita8, Russell S Miller9, David S McKenna10, Edward K S Chien11, Dwight J Rouse12, Yasser Y El-Sayed13, Yoram Sorokin14, Steve N Caritis15. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, District of Columbia. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School-Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas. 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland. 7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. 9. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York City, New York. 10. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. 11. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 12. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. 13. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Stanford, California. 14. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. 15. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether intrapartum fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) tracings with ST-elevation or depression occur more frequently in each stage of labor in small-for-gestational age (SGA) or large-for-gestational age (LGA), as compared with appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) fetuses. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a secondary analysis of a large, multicenter trial in which laboring patients underwent fetal ECG waveform-analysis. We excluded participants with diabetes mellitus and major fetal anomalies. Birth weight was categorized as SGA (<10th percentile), LGA (>90th percentile), or AGA (10-90th percentile) by using a gender and race/ethnicity specific nomogram. In adjusted analyses, the frequency of ECG tracings with ST-depression or ST-elevation without depression was compared according to birthweight categories and labor stage. RESULTS: Our study included 4,971 laboring patients in the first stage and 4,074 in the second stage. During the first stage of labor, there were no differences in the frequency of ST-depression in SGA fetuses compared with AGA fetuses (6.7 vs. 5.5%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.41, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.93-2.13), or in ST-elevation without depression (35.8 vs. 34.1%; aOR: 1.17, 95% CI: 0.94-1.46). During the second stage, there were no differences in the frequency of ST-depression in SGA fetuses compared with AGA fetuses (1.6 vs. 2.0%; aOR: 0.69, 95% CI: 0.27-1.73), or in ST-elevation without depression (16.2 vs. 18.1%; aOR: 0.90, 95% CI: 0.67-1.22). During the first stage of labor, there were no differences in the frequency of ST-depression in LGA fetuses compared with AGA fetuses (6.3 vs. 5.5%; aOR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.60-1.57), or in ST-elevation without depression (33.1 vs. 34.1%; aOR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.62-1.03); during the second stage of labor, the frequency of ST-depression in LGA compared with AGA fetuses (2.5 vs. 2.0%, aOR: 1.36, 95% CI: 0.61-3.03), and in ST-elevation without depression (15.5 vs. 18.1%; aOR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.58-1.18) were similar as well. CONCLUSION: The frequency of intrapartum fetal ECG tracings with ST-events is similar among SGA, AGA, and LGA fetuses. KEY POINTS: · SGA and LGA neonates are at increased risk of cardiac dysfunction.. · Fetal ECG has been used to evaluate fetal response to hypoxia.. · Fetal ST-elevation and ST-depression occur during hypoxia.. · Frequency of intrapartum ST-events is similar among SGA, AGA and LGA fetuses.. Thieme. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether intrapartum fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) tracings with ST-elevation or depression occur more frequently in each stage of labor in small-for-gestational age (SGA) or large-for-gestational age (LGA), as compared with appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) fetuses. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a secondary analysis of a large, multicenter trial in which laboring patients underwent fetal ECG waveform-analysis. We excluded participants with diabetes mellitus and major fetal anomalies. Birth weight was categorized as SGA (<10th percentile), LGA (>90th percentile), or AGA (10-90th percentile) by using a gender and race/ethnicity specific nomogram. In adjusted analyses, the frequency of ECG tracings with ST-depression or ST-elevation without depression was compared according to birthweight categories and labor stage. RESULTS: Our study included 4,971 laboring patients in the first stage and 4,074 in the second stage. During the first stage of labor, there were no differences in the frequency of ST-depression in SGA fetuses compared with AGA fetuses (6.7 vs. 5.5%; adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.41, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.93-2.13), or in ST-elevation without depression (35.8 vs. 34.1%; aOR: 1.17, 95% CI: 0.94-1.46). During the second stage, there were no differences in the frequency of ST-depression in SGA fetuses compared with AGA fetuses (1.6 vs. 2.0%; aOR: 0.69, 95% CI: 0.27-1.73), or in ST-elevation without depression (16.2 vs. 18.1%; aOR: 0.90, 95% CI: 0.67-1.22). During the first stage of labor, there were no differences in the frequency of ST-depression in LGA fetuses compared with AGA fetuses (6.3 vs. 5.5%; aOR: 0.97, 95% CI: 0.60-1.57), or in ST-elevation without depression (33.1 vs. 34.1%; aOR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.62-1.03); during the second stage of labor, the frequency of ST-depression in LGA compared with AGA fetuses (2.5 vs. 2.0%, aOR: 1.36, 95% CI: 0.61-3.03), and in ST-elevation without depression (15.5 vs. 18.1%; aOR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.58-1.18) were similar as well. CONCLUSION: The frequency of intrapartum fetal ECG tracings with ST-events is similar among SGA, AGA, and LGA fetuses. KEY POINTS: · SGA and LGA neonates are at increased risk of cardiac dysfunction.. · Fetal ECG has been used to evaluate fetal response to hypoxia.. · Fetal ST-elevation and ST-depression occur during hypoxia.. · Frequency of intrapartum ST-events is similar among SGA, AGA and LGA fetuses.. Thieme. All rights reserved.
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