Luther E R, Gray J H, Scott K, Allen A, Stinson D
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1982 Mar 15;142(6 Pt 1):600-5. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(16)32426-7.
forty-nine patients with suspected intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) were studied under rigid experimental conditions to determine baseline fetal breathing movement (FBM) activity and the response to 90-minute maternal glucose infusion, as compared to that of normal control subjects. Patients with IUGR showed a normal amount of FBMs during maternal fasting. All groups exhibited a significant increase in FBMs after glucose was administered. During the final 60 minutes of the glucose infusion, the severe IUGR group (weight for gestational age less than the third percentile) showed less FBM activity (p less than 0.01) than the other study and control groups.
