Normal variability, including minor heart rate fluctuations, is a reassuring sign that the fetal nervous system is functioning well. However, significant or prolonged deviations should prompt ...

An assessment of fetal viability, with a reassuring fetal heart rate tracing, is required. If the fetal heart rate pattern is nonreassuring, other evaluative indices, such as amniotic fluid index ...

Studies examining the fetal heart rate (FHR) prior to uterine rupture consistently report that non-reassuring fetal heart rate patterns are the predominant sign suggesting impending or actual ...