Electronic fetal monitoring is often used during labor to detect unborn babies at risk of brain damage (neonatal encephalopathy) from a lack of oxygen (hypoxia). In the UK, continuous monitoring is ...

Evidence is mixed on whether electronic fetal monitors truly prevent more stillbirths and reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality compared with intermittent auscultation. One of the hallmarks of ...

Eighty-five to 90 percent of women who deliver a baby in the hospital will experience electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) during labor. A small disc (the doppler unit) is strapped to the ...

A new technology for measuring blood oxygen levels of a baby during labor--expected to provide information useful for preventing birth complications--offers no apparent benefit, report researchers in ...

In 1976, a young, first-time mother entered the hospital in spontaneous labor. She had not missed any prenatal visits, those visits had revealed no abnormalities, her pregnancy was full-term, and she ...

July 1, 2009 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has refined its definitions, classifications, and interpretations of fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring and published the ...

Fetal heart monitoring is a common practice used by healthcare providers to examine a baby’s heart rate during the latter ...

The primary aim of the ELAINE project is to assess the effectiveness of using active dry electrodes for fetal ECG (fECG) monitoring. The project intends to replace the traditional method of monitoring ...

Application of this type of accident framework to the case at hand reveals a number of identifiable weaknesses that, in conjunction with one another, created a situation that resulted in an adverse ...

Fetal electrocardiogram ST segment analysis, or STAN, which is largely used in Europe to measure fetal heart activity, does not improve outcomes during labor and delivery or decrease cesarean ...