The adaptive response of the fetal heart to intrauterine stress is critical for its survival. Several studies using high altitude (1,2) exposure to acute and chronic hypoxia (2,3), and anemia (4) have ...

In Finland, every fifth mother was diagnosed with gestational diabetes in 2019. The condition increases the mother's risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future. However, the most significant ...

Some 99% of global newborn deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where pregnant women often struggle to access adequate fetal monitoring. In Tanzania, with 24 neonatal deaths per 1 ...

Cardiotocography (CTG) refers to the electronic recording of the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions. Fetal heart rate recorded through the mother’s abdomen is the most commonly used fetal ...

Some 99% of global newborn deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where pregnant women often struggle to access adequate fetal monitoring. In Tanzania, with 24 neonatal deaths per 1 ...

Animal protocols were approved by the Loma Linda University Animal Care Research Committee. Fourteen Western pregnant ewes obtained from Nebeker Ranch (Lancaster, CA) were used for the study. Ewes and ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and other colleagues say they have shown how a protein responsible for adapting to low oxygen conditions (hypoxia), causes increased expression of ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have shown how a protein responsible for adapting to low oxygen conditions (hypoxia), causes increased expression of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in ...

Fetal heart monitoring is a common practice used by healthcare providers to examine a baby’s heart rate during the latter ...

Touching Base is the dynamic podcast series from the editors of GEN. Each episode features a rotating case of senior editors—including John Sterling, Kevin Davies, Julianna LeMieux, Alex Phillippidis, ...

External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs of fetal hypoxia undetected if the maternal pulse rate is not simultaneously monitored. The risk is that ...