You will need to have dialysis treatments for your whole life unless you are able to get a kidney transplant. Is dialysis uncomfortable? You may have some discomfort when the needles are put into your fistula or graft, but most patients have no other problems. The dialysis treatment itself is painless. However, some patients may have a drop in their blood pressure. If this happens, you may feel sick to your stomach, vomit, have a headache or cramps.
early deceleration in fetal heart rate monitoring, a transient decrease in heart rate that coincides with the onset of a uterine contraction. late deceleration in fetal heart rate monitoring, a transient decrease in heart rate occurring at or after the peak of a uterine contraction, which may indicate fetal hypoxia.
NCC Monograph, Volume 3, No. 1, 2010 Â© NCC, 2010 PROLONGED DECELERATION Based on visual assessment, a prolonged decelera-tion is deï¬ ned as a decrease in fetal heart rate below the baseline. The decrease in the fetal heart rate is 15 beats per minute or more and lasts for at least 2 min-utes but less than 10 minutes from onset to return to baseline.