This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Objective To compare the effect of admission cardiotocography and Doppler auscultation of the fetal heart on neonatal outcome and levels of ...

In an assessment of electronic fetal monitoring during labor, a systematic review of 12 randomized and quasi-randomized trials evaluated continuous cardiotocography in more than 37,000 women (Cochrane ...

Cardiotocography (CTG) refers to the electronic recording of the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions. Fetal heart rate recorded through the mother’s abdomen is the most commonly used fetal ...

Feb. 6, 2003 — Electronic fetal monitoring does not improve outcome, according to the results of a prospective, randomized trial reported in the Feb. 8 issue of The Lancet. "The findings of this trial ...

A routine test which has been used over the past two decades to electronically monitor the heart-beat of a baby at the start of labour is probably no better than intermittent monitoring with a ...

An inexpensive portable device could make it easy to monitor fetal health in remote locations, and it might also provide an alternative to more expensive machines currently used in doctors’ offices in ...

External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs of fetal hypoxia undetected if the maternal pulse rate is not simultaneously monitored. The risk is that ...