Twenty-five years after the FIGO guidelines for the use of fetal monitoring: Time for a simplified approach?

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Ayres de Campos, Diogo ^a   Bernardes, João ^a  

^a Nephrology Department   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cardiotocograph; Fetal monitoring; Heart rate; Labor; Parturition; Standards

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECELERATION; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TACHYCARDIA; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WORKSHOP; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

CONSENSUS; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77953915333     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. FIGO subcommittee on Standards in Perinatal Medicine. Guidelines for the use of fetal monitoring. Int J Gynecol Obstet 25 3 (1987) 159-167
2. Devoe L.D., Castillo R.A., and Sherline D.M. The nonstress test as a diagnostic test: a critical reappraisal. Am J Obstet Gynecol 152 8 (1985) 1047-1053
3. Bernardes J., Costa-Pereira A., Ayres-de-Campos D., van Geijn H.P., and Pereira-Leite L. Evaluation of interobserver agreement of cardiotocograms. Int J Gynecol Obstet 57 1 (1997) 33-37
4. Donker D.K., van Geijn H.P., and Hasman A. Interobserver variation in the assessment of fetal heart rate recordings. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 52 1 (1993) 21-28
5. Paneth N., Bommarito M., and Stricker J. Electronic fetal monitoring and later outcome. Clin Invest Med 16 2 (1993) 159-165
6. Ayres-de-Campos D., Bernardes J., Costa-Pereira A., and Pereira-Leite L. Inconsistencies in classification by experts of cardiotocograms and subsequent clinical decision. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 106 12 (1999) 1307-1310
7. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring. ACOG Technical Bulletin 132 (September 1989) 1-6
8. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Technical bulletin 207: Fetal heart rate patterns: monitoring, interpretation, and management. Int J Gynecol Obstet 51 1 (1995) 65-74
9. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice bulletin 70: Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring. Obstet Gynecol 106 6 (2005) 1453-1460
10. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice bulletin 106: Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring: nomenclature, interpretation, and general management principles. Obstet Gynecol 114 1 (2009) 192-202
11. Zuspan F.P., Quilligan E.J., Iams J.D., and van Geijn H.P. Predictors of intrapartum fetal distress: the role of electronic fetal monitoring. Report of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development consensus development task force. Am J Obstet Gynecol 135 3 (1979) 287-291
12. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development research planning workshop. Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring: research guidelines for interpretation. Am J Obtet Gynecol 177 6 (1997) 1385-1390
13. Macones G.A., Hankins G.D.V., Spong C.Y., Hauth J., and Moore T. The 2008 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development workshop report on electronic fetal monitoring: update on definitions, interpretation, and research guidelines. JOGNN 37 (2008) 510-515
14. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The use of electronic fetal monitoring. Evidence-based clinical guideline number 8 (2001), RCOG Press, London
15. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Intrapartum care (2007), RCOG Press, London
16. Ayres-de-Campos D., Bernardes J., Marsal K., Nickelsen C., Makarainen L., Banfield P., et al. Can the reproducibility of fetal heart rate baseline estimation be improved?. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 112 1 (2004) 49-54
17. Ayres-de-Campos D., and Bernardes J. Early, variable and late decelerations: can a consensus be reached in their identification?. Int J Gynecol Obstet 65 3 (1999) 305-306
18. Puertas A., Navarro M., Velasco P., Montoya F., and Miranda J.A. Intrapartum fetal pulse oximetry and fetal heart rate decelerations. Int J Gynecol Obstet 85 1 (2004) 12-17
19. Low J.A., Victory R., and Derrick E.J. Predictive value of electronic fetal monitoring for intrapartum fetal asphyxia with metabolic acidosis. Obstet Gynecol 93 2 (1999) 285-291