1. Although not an example of an acute anemia due to injury or other acute illness, this case demonstrates the potential fetal effects of maternal anemia and decreased oxygen carrying capacity. This patient had anemia with a hematocrit of 26. The fetus on the upper panel exhibits absent reactivity and late decelerations. After 3 units of packed red blood cell transfusion, the fetal heart rate on the lower panel recovered with return of normal accelerations and disappearance of late decelerations.
Source: Fetal Considerations in the Critical Care Patient, Obstetric Intensive Care Manual, 4e
Citation: Foley MR, Strong, Jr. TH, Garite TJ. Obstetric Intensive Care Manual, 4e; 2015 Available at: Accessed: November 11, 2017
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