Need for fetal assessment prior to and during external cephalic version: Occurrence of transient cardiac asystole

Asha Kurup Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore

S. Arulkumaran Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore

S. Montan Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore

S. S. Ratnam Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore

Abstract

We encountered two cases of cardiac asystole for one and three minutes respectively following external cephalic version. We describe the two cases and discuss the necessity for one to be aware of such an event and the possible advantage of performing a fetal heart rate (FHR) recording prior to the procedure and observation of the FHR during the version.

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