NF was a 24-year-old gravida 5 Para 1031 African-American woman presented for a prenatal visit at 38 weeks of gestation. As part of her visit, the fetal heart rate was auscultated and found to be ...

A 45-year-old primigravid woman was referred to our hospital at 8 weeks gestation. She had undergone total thyroidectomy 7 years previously, and was taking hormone replacement therapy with ...

A normal heart rate for a fetus can range from 110 to 160 beats per minute (BPM). Very early in pregnancy, it is typically around 110 BPM. Fetal heart rate may speed up to 140 to 170 BPM around the ...

One of the routines in pregnancy care is screening for congenital abnormalities. While most babies are born without birth defects, there is always a possibility that a risk of abnormal development ...

Methimazole and PTU cross the placenta, and if given in excessive doses (based on maternal thyroid hormone levels) may produce fetal goiter and hypothyroidism. Iodine therapy for hyperthyroidism (eg, ...

Labor occurring before 37 weeks of gestation (as determined from the first day of the last menstrual period or by ultrasound estimation of fetal age) is called premature labor. Regular uterine ...

Wide complex tachycardia is a general term that refers to conditions that cause an unusually fast heart rate and a particular pattern on an EKG. Tachycardia is when your heart beats unusually fast, ...

Tachycardia is a type of arrhythmia when your heart rate is faster than normal. A healthy resting heart rate for most adults is between 60 and 90 beats per minute (bpm), but adults with tachycardia ...

Ventricular tachycardia (v-tach or VT) is a very fast heart rhythm that begins in the ventricles. The condition most commonly affects people who have heart disorders, such as coronary artery disease ...