| Literature DB >> 9748057 |
M Nei1, S Daly, J Liporace.
Abstract
We describe a 33-year-old woman who had a complex partial seizure during labor. Intrauterine pressure catheter and fetal heart monitoring during the seizure revealed a strong, prolonged uterine contraction and simultaneous significant fetal heart rate deceleration for 3.5 minutes. This patient demonstrates that complex partial seizures may result in uterine hyperactivity during labor, which may result in fetal hypoxia.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9748057 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.51.3.904
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910