Antenatal cardiotocography: problems and facilitiies

Does cardiotocography have a role in the antenatal management of pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus?

BACKGROUND Controversy surrounds the role of fetal cardiotocography (CTG) in the antenatal management of pregnancy complicated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). AIM The aim was to investigate whether antenatal CTG aids management in pregnancy complicated by GDM. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective audit of 1404 consecutive antenatal CTG in women diagnosed with GDM. Outcomes for all ...

Cardiotocography during labour.

Full-term-pregnancy effects of antenatal betamethasone administration on short-term variation as assessed by computerized cardiotocography.

OBJECTIVE to verify whether there are other than transitory effects of antenatal betamethasone (administered for fetal lung maturity [FLM] enhancement) on fetal heart rate (FHR) variability detected by computerized cardiotocography (cCTG) in cases where formerly steroid-treated fetuses reached term. MATERIALS AND METHODS cCTG of one hundred sixty-four women (study group) exposed to antenatal ...

The importance of antepartum cardiotocography.

The significance of antepartum cardiotocography was examined on patients at the University of Cologne in the years 1982 and 1983. We analyzed 13,310 cardiotocograms of 1,463 women and correlated their pregnancies and deliveries with the status of their newborns. There were only 66 suspect/prepathologic fetal heart rate recordings in 50 patients. All these patients had severe complications durin...

ABC of antenatal care. Medical problems in pregnancy--II.

* Serum ferritin I icy A few pregnant women may have a chronic haematological condition Range from before pregnancy; some acquire anaemia during pregnancy as a result )00-6000 of dietary changes and the metabolic demands of pregnancy on maternal 500-1800 and fetal physiology. 4-5 Clinical anaemia is often asymptomatic in pregnancy as small falls below 10-15 the widely accepted lower limit of ha...