Cerebral Palsy and Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring
Author:
- Dermot MacDonaldDMDermot MacDonald
- 7 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 334 (10) , 659-660
Abstract
Laënnec's invention of the stethoscope in 1806 was soon followed by auscultation of the fetal heart, which was pioneered by Kergaradec. Hoping to hear the fetus crying and splashing about in the womb, Kergaradec heard “beats occurring 143 to 148 times per minute, and the patient's pulse was only 72 beats per minute.” He wondered “whether it would be possible to judge the state of health or disease of the fetus from the variations which occur in the beat of the fetal heart.”1 The publication of An Introduction to the Use of the Stethoscope by Stokes in 18252 popularized the . . .Keywords
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