Citation

Castillo RA, Devoe LD, Ruedrich DA, Gardner P. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 1989; 160(3): 692-693.

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912.

Comment In:

Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990;162(6):1631-2.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2929694

Abstract

A computer-assisted biophysical assessment was performed in a woman with chronic alcoholism at 37 weeks' gestation. She was first seen in a state of acute alcohol intoxication (322 mg/dl). Although fetal breathing movement incidence was normal (30%), fetal tachypnea (67 breaths per minute) and decreased fetal body movements (0.11%) were seen. Because these findings differ from those previously reported with regard to normal pregnancies exposed to lower levels of alcohol, their implications are discussed.

Language: en