Abstract
Intra-uterine pressure (IUP), intracranial pressure (ICP) and fetal heart rate (FHR) were simultaneously recorded during labor in a severely hydrocephalic fetus. After cephalocentesis, 600 ml of liquor cerebrospinalis was drained. ICP exceeded IUP, but the increase in ICP was less than the increase in IUP during most of the contractions. The FHR showed marked decelerations during uterine contractions and changed gradually into a persistent bradycardia. The pathophysiology of fetal heart rate patterns during labor is discussed and the literature has been reviewed.
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