1. The fetal recoil test.
- Author
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Strong TH Jr, Jordan DL, and Marden DW
- Subjects
- Acoustic Stimulation, Female, Humans, Predictive Value of Tests, Pregnancy, Reflex, Startle, Sensitivity and Specificity, Fetal Monitoring methods, Fetal Movement
- Abstract
A reassuring fetal recoil test has positive and negative predictive values of 98% and 8%, respectively, for a reactive nonstress test (sensitivity 89%, specificity 33%). Among 21 of 30 subjects in whom recoil was present immediately before delivery, none had umbilical arterial pH values < or = 7.20 versus 5 of 9 (56%) with nonreassuring recoil (p = 0.005). We concluded that a reassuring fetal recoil test is a reliable marker for fetal well-being.
- Published
- 1992
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