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In 10 healthy women near term, fetal heart rate, as monitored from an abdominal electrocardiogram and its variation were analyzed over 24 hours. During the daytime, this was combined with real-time...
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We studied the short-term effects of maternal betamethasone administration on fetal well-being by recording of fetal movement and heart rate patterns. In 13 women at high risk of preterm delivery...
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In this paper changes in antepartum fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns are described, that occur with progressive deterioration of the fetal condition.A possible rank ordering is presented in which...
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Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of high-risk pregnancy surveillance by patient-directed fetal heart rate monitoring and transmission, and to assess patient satisfaction with this...
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Aim of this review was to assess the current data on the application of this new technology with regard to feasibility, access to care, maternal and neonatal outcome, patient and physician...
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Goal of the study: if a continuous 24-hour CTG allows an earlier detection of beginning hypoxia in case of normal pregnancy of 36-42 week compared to pregnancies of 25-30 weeks of gestation.Subjects:...
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Obesity in Pregnancy has been selected as CEMACH's principal project with a maternal health focus for 2008-2011Substantial evidence that obesity in pregnancy contributes to increased morbidity and...
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Study using 13,442 pregnancies among women 18 years age or older at the time of conception that resulted in live or stillbirths.Assessed associations between measures of use of health care services and...
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Potential problems in monitoring obese mothers, external electronic fetal monitoring can be problematic, women have reduced awareness of fetal movements, Large cuffs required to measure blood...
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Philip Steer in this article says ‘Maternal obesity needs to be recognised as a serious and growing health problem. The RCOG is so concerned it has convened a special study group to debate the topic,...
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OBJECTIVE: Non-invasive fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring using the fetal-ECG signal as obtained from the maternal abdomen has the advantage of obtaining prolonged recordings, when compared to FHR...
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We evaluate the suitability of an enhanced detrended fluctuation analysis for studying fetal heart rate series involving imperfect quality of information. Our results indicate that to explore...
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Abstract Obesity is now an important health problem and pregnancy coupled with obesity can result in the pregnancy being classified as high risk. Careful and close monitoring is therefore necessary....
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The primary aim of this protocol is to evaluate the effectiveness of intra-uterine pressure catheter when intravenous oxytocin is used for induction or augmentation of labour compared with the effect...
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Monitoring the uterine contraction provides important prognostic information during pregnancy and parturition. The existing methods employed in clinical practice impose a compromise between reliability...
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Objective. We investigated the ability to non-invasively obtain uterine electromyograms (EMG; electrohysterogram (EHG)) to predict the intrauterine pressure (IUP) waveform. Study design. Patients...
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Describes the development of electronic fetal heart rate monitoring
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In April 2008, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine...
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Abstract - EnglishIntroductionComputer analysing software is required for assessment of CTGs, because of the low sensitivity and high intra- and interobserver variability. The German Society of...
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Approximately 2.8% of pregnancies are Ro/La antibody positive. 3-15% of fetuses develop complete heart block (CHB). First-degree atrioventricular heart block is reported in a third of Ro/La fetuses but...
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Purpose of the Review Though fetal arrhythmias account for a small proportions of referrals to a fetal cardiologist, they may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The present review...
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OBJECTIVE: Obesity and insulin resistance (IR) have been identifiedas risk factors for spontaneous abortion (SAB) and recurrent pregnancyloss (RPL). Although the majority of SABs are due to fetal...
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The feasibility and accuracy of long-term transabdominal fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) recordings throughout pregnancy were studied using a portable fECG monitor. Fifteen-hour recordings of fetal...
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OBJECTIVE: Intrapartum monitoring of uterine contractions with anintrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) invasively provides direct evidence ofcontraction frequency and strength but is neither without...
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Electronic fetal monitors have evolved greatly in the last several decades, allowing accurate recording of the fetal heart rate (FHR) with an external Doppler transducer with much less signal loss than...
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The journey from “ normal ” to high-tech childbirth has taken place gradually over the past century. This article gives a historic review of maternity care and defines normal birth according to care...
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Interfering with the normal physiological process of labor and birth in the absence of medical necessity increases therisk of complications for mother and baby. Six evidence-based care practices...
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Overview Measurement of myometrial electrical activity contributes an additional efficacious method for the early identification of patients in true spontaneous preterm labourBackground and Objective...
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Points;The use of electronic fetal monitoring, intravenous infusions and different methods of analgesia will all affect women’s mobility. Women need to be aware of this in order for them to make an...
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OBJECTIVES: To record and analyse bioelectrical activity of the uterine muscle in the course of physiological pregnancy, labour and threatening premature labour; to define which parameters from the...
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BACKGROUND: It is more common for women in the developed world, and those in low-income countries giving birth in health facilities, to labour in bed. There is no evidence that this is associated with...
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the associations among maternal obesity, uterine contractionfrequency, and spontaneous preterm birth in women at risk for spontaneous pretermbirth. METHODS: In a secondary...
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Uterine contraction-associated accelerations of the maternal heart rate are considered to reflect both a transient contraction-related increase in cardiac output and endogenous catecholamine secretion....
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Summary Objective to assess the clinical value of the short term fetal heart rate variation (STV) for timing the delivery of severely growth retardation fetuses, many associated with...
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Introduction: Unexpected intrauterine fetal death in late gestation has been repeatedly reported in women with OC. This could be a consequence of altered cardiac conduction, presumably induced by...
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Objective: To determine the quality of fetal heart rate (FHR) recordings during the first and second stage of labor by quantifying the amount of fetal signal loss in relation to the method of...
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Abstract—A method for comparison of two acquisition techniques that are applied in clinical practice to provide informationon fetal condition is presented. The aim of this work was to evaluate the...
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Objective: Validation of electrohysterography (EHG) as a method for uterine activity monitoring during labour by comparing with intra-uterine pressure catheter (IUCP) recordings. Prospective...
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Objective: To introduce a novel robust measure of fetal heart rate variability and report an initial longitudinal series of 19 healthy fetusesResults: in 17 out of 19 cases, HRV power remained constant...
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Electronic fetal monitors have evolved greatly in the last several decades, allowing accurate recording of the fetal heart rate (FHR) with an external Doppler transducer with much less signal loss than...
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Accuracy of Frequency – Related Parameters of the Electrohysterogram for Predicting Preterm Delivery
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Introduction: During labour non-invasive foetal heart rate monitoring is a routine method for the assessment of foetal well-being. This study examines an alternative assessment by foetal ECG during...
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possibility that human uterine electrical events can be recorded and characterized from the abdominal surface during pregnancy. The study included gestational age ranged from 20 to 43 weeks. The...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the quality of intrapartum uterine activity (UA) monitoring in daily practice during the first and second stages of labour. The total duration of...
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Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of continuous telemetric trans-abdominal fetal electrocardiogram (a-fECG) in women undergoing labour induction at home.Study Design: Low risk women with singleton...
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Objectives: To evaluate the success of intrapartum external fetal monitoring in obese women. Methods: Group 1 ( Liverpool Women’s Hospital): A retrospective analysis of data for 400 labouring women...
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Results obtained allowed to recommend for using in obstetrics the new technologies for fetus cardiac rhythm variable till the moment of sonography visualization of systole (10-12 weeks). The EGK...
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Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of continuous telemetric trans-abdominal fetal electrocardiogram (a-fECG) in women undergoing labour induction at home. Study Design: Low risk women with...
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Objective: To compare intra-partum performance of trans-abdominal electrocardiogram with Doppler telemetry. Methods: In this prospective longitudinal study, simultaneous monitoring with...
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