fetal distress
Unborn baby trouble
Fetal distress is a condition during pregnancy or labor in which the fetus shows signs of inadequate oxygen or other physiological stress.
Indicators include abnormal heart rate patterns, decreased movement, or meconium in the amniotic fluid.
The term prompts urgent medical intervention: The monitor showed fetal distress, so they rushed her to surgery.
- stillbirthLate-term pregnancy loss
- meconiumFetal intestinal accumulation discharged postpartum
- amniotic fluidLiquid protecting unborn offspring
- bradycardiaAbnormally slow heart rate
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
decelerations · fetal monitoring · hypoxia · oxygen deprivation · cyanosis · acidosis · preeclampsia · Doppler ultrasound · asphyxia · umbilical cord · preterm birth · birth trauma · obstetrics · complication · high-risk pregnancy · pregnancy · NICU · resuscitation
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- birth complicationsprolonged labor, breech, breech birth, postpartum hemorrhage, uterine atony
- birth injuriescerebral palsy, HIE, broken collarbone, facial paralysis, oxygen deprivation
- Fetal Monitoringfetal monitor, fetal heart rate, fetoscope, external monitor, tracing
- infant ailmentsjaundice, prematurity, low birth weight, apnea, hypoglycemia