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Fetal heart rate variability
2021.02.05 |
| Date | Fri 26 Feb |
| Time | 15:30 — 17:30 |
| Location | Online |
On Friday 26 February at 15:30, Anne Rahbek Zizzo defends her PhD dissertation entitled "Fetal heart rate variability".
The main topic of the present defence is the small physiological beat-to-beat oscillations in fetal heart rate termed fetal heart rate variability (FHRV). FHRV may have potential as a new method of fetal monitoring.
Dysfunction of the placenta and fetal growth restriction (FGR) constitutes a major health problem. Around 3% of the birth cohort suffer from growth restriction, 43% of all stillbirths are probably caused by FGR and FGR is associated with an increased risk of long-term neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Timing of delivery is the only current intervention in the course of fetal growth restriction and frequent Doppler flow assessments of the fetal vessels constitute the keystone of fetal monitoring. However, a valid method for neurological assessment of the fetus is not available.
FHRV constitude a window into the fetal autonomic nervous system which is interesting both in relation to fetal monitoring, where fetal growth restriction (FGR) is of particular interest, but also in relation to fetal neurophysiology.
This PhD-project explore the potential of FHRV as a clinical diagnostic tool, including the validity of the method and its predictive value in regard to FGR. The PhD project also contributes with new neurophysiologic knowledge of the deveolopment of the autonomic nervous system in the healthy fetus.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place online. Please read the attached press release for more information.
PhD student Anne Rahbek Zizzo
Mail: arz@clin.au.dk
Phone: (+45) 61308070