Does electrical stimulation have no adverse effect on pregnant rats and fetuses?
Electrical stimulation did not have any adverse effect on pregnant rats and their fetuses. Termination of pregnancy is not advised for prospective mothers when electrical stimulation has been performed inadvertently in early pregnancy.
Use of a warming mattress reduced the incidence of maternal hypothermia at the conclusion of surgery; however, on admission to the postanesthesia care unit, these effects had dissipated.