[Kinetocardiotocographic and Doppler ultrasound findings before termination of risk pregnancies].

42 pregnancies complicated by severe intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) were monitored between 1991 and 1992 with the kinetocardiotocogram (K-CTG) comparing them with normal pregnancies of the same gestational age. We evaluated the foetal movements and the heart rate patterns establishing a correlation with pulsed Doppler ultrasound findings. There was a significant reduction of foetal activity in cases of IUGR and pathological Doppler sonography (p < 0.01). The reduction of foetal movements was noticed several days prior to pathological FHR patterns. There was a significant reactivity after vibroacoustical stimulation (VAS) correlating with the Doppler findings. The evaluation of foetal movement patterns in the kinetocardiotocogram proved to be an important complementary method in the monitoring of severe IUGR.