NF was a 24-year-old gravida 5 Para 1031 African-American woman presented for a prenatal visit at 38 weeks of gestation. As part of her visit, the fetal heart rate was auscultated and found to be ...

When Kimberly Mays was about 20 weeks pregnant with her second child, she began to feel faint and overheated. An ultrasound revealed that Mays' baby had a very rapid heart rate. When Kimberly Mays was ...

One of the routines in pregnancy care is screening for congenital abnormalities. While most babies are born without birth defects, there is always a possibility that a risk of abnormal development ...

The diagnosis of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy requires a high index of suspicion, as the underlying arrhythmia may not always be apparent. This condition has been reported as early as fetal life ...

A 45-year-old primigravid woman was referred to our hospital at 8 weeks gestation. She had undergone total thyroidectomy 7 years previously, and was taking hormone replacement therapy with ...

Methimazole and PTU cross the placenta, and if given in excessive doses (based on maternal thyroid hormone levels) may produce fetal goiter and hypothyroidism. Iodine therapy for hyperthyroidism (eg, ...

A normal heart rate for a fetus can range from 110 to 160 beats per minute (BPM). Very early in pregnancy, it is typically around 110 BPM. Fetal heart rate may speed up to 140 to 170 BPM around the ...