EXTERNAL VIBRATORY ACOUSTIC STIMULATION NEAR TERM - FETAL HEART-RATE AND HEART-RATE-VARIABILITY RESPONSES

被引:56
作者
GAGNON, R [1 ]
HUNSE, C [1 ]
CARMICHAEL, L [1 ]
FELLOWS, F [1 ]
PATRICK, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO,ST JOSEPHS HOSP,RES INST,DEPT OBSTET & GYNECOL,268 GROSVENOR ST,LONDON N6A 4V2,ONTARIO,CANADA
关键词
effects of sound and vibration on fetal heart rate; external vibratory acoustic stimulation; Nonstress test;
D O I
10.1016/0002-9378(87)90276-6
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
Twenty-five pregnant women between 36 and 40 weeks' gestational age were studied to examine effects of a 5-second external vibratory acoustic stimulus on the fetal heart rate and fetal heart rate variability. Where was an immediate significant increase in the basal heart rate, which persisted for 1 hour after the stimulus, compared to that of the control subjects. There was also a significant increase in the total time during which accelerations occurred for the first 20 minutes after the stimulus. There were no changes in computer-derived indices of fetal heart rate variability. Maternal blood pressure and heart rate were not altered following vibratory acoustic stimulus. We hypothesize that external vibratory acoustic stimulus causes a change from a state of sleep to a state of wakefulness in near term healthy fetuses. © 1987.
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