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FHR Monitoring: Maternal Fetal Physiology
M. Sean Esplin, MD and Alexandra Eller, MDMaternal Fetal Medicine
Intermountain HealthcareUniversity of Utah Health Sciences Center
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Disclosures
• I have no financial relationships to disclose
• I want to acknowledge ACOG District II for open sharing of their teaching modules
http://www.acog.org/About-ACOG/ACOG-Districts/District-II/Quick-Guide-and-Teaching-Modules
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Goals
• Review the basic physiology and adaptive responses that regulate the FHR
• Review oxygen delivery to the fetus, potential disruptions, and route to injury
• Correlate physiologic fetal adaptations to stress with FHR deceleration patterns
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Goal of Intrapartum Monitoring
Assess the adequacy of intrapartum fetal oxygenation
• Reduce perinatal morbidity and mortality • Perinatal death
• Intrapartum and neonatal• Birth asphyxia
• Long-term neurological impairment
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The Basic Assumption
Fetal adaptive responses to progressive hypoxemia and acidosis are detectable
FHR monitoring = fetal brain oxygenation monitoring
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Basic Heart Rate Physiology
• Cardiorespiratory Center (medulla oblongata)• Determines FHR baseline, variability, pattern• Coordinates input from intrinsic influences
• Parasympathetic nervous system• Sympathetic nervous system• Baroreceptors (aortic arch, carotid)• Chemoreceptors (central and peripheral)• Endocrine system (hormones) • Sleep-wake cycle• Breathing/Pain/Sound/Temperature
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Parasympathetic Influence
• Vagus (CN X) nerve originates in CRC• Innervates SA and AV node
• Acetylcholine mediated inhibitory influence slows HR• Determines baseline fetal heart rate• Responsible for beat-to-beat variability
• Anticholinergic block (atropine) leads to loss of variability
• Presence of moderate variability reasonably excludes significant metabolic acidosis
• Vagal influence can rapidly decrease fetal heart rate• Responsible for variable decelerations
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Sympathetic Influence
• Sympathetic nerve fibers throughout the myocardium and vasculature• Catecholamine (epinephrine, norepinephrine)
mediated stimulatory influence• Sympathetic nerve terminals, adrenal medulla
• Increased heart rate, contractility• Produces accelerations in response to stimulus• Produces fetal tachycardia
• Vasoconstriction, hypertension• Preserve central/brain perfusion in times of stress
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Baroreceptor Influence
• Pressure detecting sensory nerve fibers• Stretch receptors• Aortic arch, carotid bifurcation
• Stimulation leads to increased vagal outflow• Lowers heart rate, reduces cardiac output
• Think homeostasis!• Key role in variable decelerations from cord
compression and decelerations/bradycardia in response to fetal hypertension
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Chemoreceptor Influence
• Chemosensitive cells • Detect PaO2, H+, PaCO2
• Central (medulla oblongata)• Stimulates reflex increase in sympathetic outflow
• tachycardia and hypertension
• Peripheral (aortic arch, carotid bodies)• Increased parasympathetic outflow
• hypoxemia related decelerations (late and variables with associated hypoxia)
• prolonged decelerations, bradycardia
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Hormonal Regulation
• Adrenal medulla• Stress induced catecholamine release
• Epinephrine, norepinephrine• Sympathetic nervous system responses
• Increased HR, vasoconstriction, cardiac contractility• Fetal tachycardia
• Peripheral vasoconstriction, central shunting to brain/heart/adrenals for self-preservation
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Homeostatic Interactions
• Maintenance of Acid-Base Status• Determined by blood supply and oxygen
delivery by the placenta• Bicarbonate buffering system• Placenta is the fetal organ for respiration
• Provides oxygen • Removes CO2
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Extrinsic Influences
• Medications• Magnesium, beta blockers,
betamethasone, opioids, anesthetic agents
• Local electrolyte levels• Calcium, potassium
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Back to the Forest!
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FHR Baseline
• Initiated at the SA node• Modulated by intrinsic and extrinsic factors
• Normal range 110-160 bpm• Mean FHR in a 10 min window rounded to the nearest
5 bpm, excluding accels/decels• A two minute window of consistent baseline is
required to establish the baseline rate
• Determined by parasympathetic tone• Increase in vagal tone leads to the 10 bpm decrease in
FHR baseline between 28w and term
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What is the baseline of this tracing?? 130 BPM
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FHR Variability
• Changes in FHR around the baseline rate over short (seconds) and extended (minutes) time• Peak to trough measurement• Utilize same 10 min window as baseline
assessment
• Results from interplay of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems
• Normal variability means:• Functioning neuromodulation of FHR• Normal cardiac responsiveness• Normal acid-base status
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What is the variability? Moderate ~25 bpm
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Absent/Undetectable Variability
Minimal Variablity ≤5 bpm
Marked Variability >25 bpm
Moderate Variability 6-25 bpm
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FHR Accelerations
• Abrupt increase in FHR to peak within 30 sec
• After 32 weeks “15 x 15”• At least 15 bpm x 15 sec, lasting <2 min
• Before 32 weeks “10 x 10”• At least 10 bpm x 10 sec, lasting <2 min
• Sympathetic nervous system mediated• Periodic with contractions
• Scalp stimulation, mild recurrent venous cord occlusion• Non-Periodic (the majority)
• fetal activity, acoustic/scalp stimulation, mild cord compression (venous)
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FHR Acceleration
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The Pathophysiology of Decels
Decelerations represent an adaptation to interrupted oxygen transfer*
* Early decelerations are the exception, representing head compression and increased vagal outflow during a contraction
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Early Deceleration
Context: • Head compression during UCEtiology: • Vagal stimulation
• Reflex slowing of HR during compression
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EnvironmentLungs
HeartVasculature
UterusPlacenta
Umbilical cord
FETUS
Oxygen Transfer to the FetusOxygen transfer can be interrupted at any point along this pathway
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Interrupted Oxygen TransferOxygen Transfer Pathway Potential Cause of Interrupted Transfer
Lungs Respiratory DepressionAsthmaPE, Pulmonary edemaPneumonia/ARDS, Seizure
Heart/Vasculature Reduced cardiac outputHypovolemia, IVC CompressionRegional anesthesia, medicationsArrhythmia
Uterus TachysystoleUterine stimulant effectUterine rupture
Placenta Abruption, fetal-maternal hemorrhage, Insufficiency (poor gas exchange)
Umbilical Cord Cord compression (nuchal/body cord,knot, oligohydramnios, prolapse)
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O2 O2
Oxygen and Energy Generation
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Pathway to Fetal InjuryHypoxemia Reduced oxygen in fetal BLOOD
Hypoxia Reduced oxygen in fetal TISSUE
Metabolic acidosis Increased lactic acid in TISSUE
Metabolic acidemia Increased lactic acid in BLOOD
Hypotension and POTENTIAL FOR INJURY
Reduced peripheral vascular smooth muscle contraction
Reduced peripheral vascular resistance
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Fetal Response to Hypoxemia
Chemoreceptor Reflex
Baroreceptor Reflex
Increase heart rate, blood pressure
Sympathetic outflowcatecholamines
Parasympathetic outflowvagus nerve FHR Deceleration
Hypoxemia Reduced oxygen in fetal BLOOD
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Specific Deceleration Pathways
• Variable• Abrupt decel ≥ 15 bpm below baseline, rapid onset to nadir ≤ 30
sec, lasting ≥ 15 sec but < 2 min• Varied/inconsistent relationship to contractions
• Late• Gradual in onset (>30 sec), typically smooth and symmetric• Delay in timing with onset, nadir and resolution after the
beginning, peak, and end of a contraction, respectively
• Prolonged• Decel ≥15 bpm below baseline lasting >2 min but < 10 minute (if
>10 min considered baseline change or bradycardia if <110 bpm)
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Variable Decelerations
Context:• Cord compressionEtiology:• Alterations in fetal
hemodynamics causing baroreceptor reflexes
• Persistent/prolonged eventually lead to hypoxemia and then chemoreceptors engage
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Umbilical vein occlusion
• Reduced preload, CO, NP• Reduced vagal tone, may see rise in FHR
Umbilical artery occlusion
• Sudden increase in afterload, BP• Rapid baroreceptor response• Increased vagal outflow, sudden drop in FHR
Resolution of arterial occlusion
• Sudden drop in afterload, BP• Relax baroreceptor response• Sudden rise in FHR
Resolution of venous occlusion
• Return to baseline
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Early compression, venous occlusion• Reduced cardiac preload
• Reduced cardiac output• Reduced aortic arch pressure
• Reduced vagal outflow• Transient increase in FHR
(“shoulder”)
Compression relieved, the process reverses• Relief of arterial occlusion first
Full compression, arterial and venous occlusion• Increased afterload
• Increased aortic arch pressure• Baroreceptor reflex, vagal outflow
• Sudden drop in FHR
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Late DecelerationContext:• Uterine contractions• Reduced uterine perfusionEtiology:• Response to reduced fetal
PaO2• Chemoreceptor and
baroreceptor mediated
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Uterine Contraction
• Intervillous space compression• Reduced gas exchange, lower fetal PaO2
Chemoreceptors engage
• Sympathetic outflow• Vasoconstriction to shunt flow to vital organs• Fetal hypertension
Baroreceptors engage
• Vagal nerve mediates slowing of FHR• Deceleration occurs
Uterine relaxation
• Intervillous perfusion reestablished• PaO2 increases, process reverses
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Prolonged Deceleration/Bradycardia
Context:• Sudden and prolonged reduction in
oxygen delivery• Acute events
• Benign (rapid change/descent)• Serious (abruption, cord
prolapse• Poor fetal reserve with evolving
metabolic acidosisEtiology:• Chemoreceptor/Baroreceptor
• Akin to Late but there is delayed resolution
• Direct myocardial depression• Late stages of acidosis
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Decels vs. Metabolic Acidosis
• Decelerations indicate interruption of oxygen transfer not necessarily metabolic acidosis
• Transient interruption of oxygen delivery is tolerable for most fetuses
• Assessment of apriori fetal risk is critical to evaluation and management of FHR tracings• Maternal and fetal risk factors for poor fetal or
placental reserve• IUGR, maternal diabetes, hypertension, etc
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FHR Tracings and Acidemia
• Moderate variability predicts pH > 7.15 • Negative predictive value 98%
• Minimal/absent variability AND decels associated with pH< 7.15 • Though predictive value still poor (23%)
• Likelihood of acidemia increases with depth of recurrent decelerations• Especially late and with min/absent variability
Parer JT Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2006; 19:289-94Parer and Ikeda Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197(26):26e.1-26.e6.
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Three Key Concepts
1. Significant FHR decelerations (variable, late, prolonged) represent interruptions in fetal
oxygen transfer
2. Disrupted oxygen transfer does not cause injury unless there is progression to metabolic
acidemia
3. The presence of FHR variability and/or accelerations predict the ABSENCE of metabolic
acidosis*
* The converse is not always true…
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Crystal Clear, Right?
Questions???
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