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Am J Perinatol 1995; 12(4): 243-244
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994463
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© 1995 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Continuous Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Bone Marrow Harvesting in Pregnancy

M. DeFour Jones, B. M. Petrikovsky, I. Sahdev, M. Prisco
  • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
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04 March 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

To date, our computer-assisted search failed to report any case involving a gravid patient donating her bone marrow for harvesting. It is known that bone marrow harvesting causes a significant decrease in the donor's blood volume and therefore this can be potentially detrimental to both the mother and the fetus. We report the first case of the gravid donor in which fetal heart rate (FHR) during bone marrow harvesting has been studied. Decreased beat to beat variability and disappearance of accelerations were noted. The FHR returned to normal shortly after the procedure was terminated.

Keywords

Fetal heart rate monitoring - bone marrow harvesting - acute lymphoblastic leukemia