Are we (mis)guided by current guidelines on intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring? Case for a more physiological approach to interpretation

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1063-1070

  Ugwumadu, A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTG practice algorithm; deceleration; fetal cardiovascular physiology; intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACIDEMIA; ACIDOSIS; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL FUNCTIONS; FETAL CYCLING; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HEART RATE DECELERATION; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS OUTCOME; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; METABOLISM; NEWBORN ACIDEMIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CTG PRACTICE ALGORITHM; DECELERATION; FETAL CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; INTRAPARTUM FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL HYPOXIA; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84904817584     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12900     Document Type: Review

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