Abstract
Our aim was to identify antepartum fetal heart rate (FHR) records of high-frequency (HF) sinusoidal rhythms from an electronic database (1983-2003) and determine clinical outcomes. At the John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford, UK), 72,297 traces from 19,506 women were analyzed using an algorithm that identifies HF sinusoidal rhythms. The case records were reviewed. There were 15 (0.21/1000) traces from 8 (0.41/1000) women with an HF sinusoidal rhythm. In 5 of 8 women (62.5%), this pattern was associated with fetal anemia (hemoglobin < 10.0 g/dL). Their FHR patterns were distinguished from those of the other nonanemic fetuses by significantly lower long-term variability. An antepartum HF sinusoidal rhythm is rare but associated with fetal anemia, particularly if it is combined with reduced long-term variability without episodes of high FHR variability within 60 minutes. The automated system can alert inexperienced staff, who supervise FHR monitoring, by an online warning.
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