CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY DURING LABOUR AND ITS RELATION WITH NEONATAL OUTCOME

Cardiotocography during labour.

Continuous cardiotocography during labour: Analysis, classification and management.

The use of continuous intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) using a cardiotocograph (CTG) was developed to enable obstetricians and midwives to analyse the changes of fetal heart rate during labour so as to institute timely intervention to avoid intrapartum hypoxic-ischaemic injury. Although CTG was initially developed as a screening tool to predict fetal hypoxia, its positiv...

Admission cardiotocography as a screening test in high risk pregnancies and its co-relation with peri-natal outcome

Background: Birth asphyxia which results due to deprivation of oxygen to the foetus during the birth process is still the leading cause of perinatal death. So the labour should be monitored by an effective method. Electronic foetal monitoring is quite promising in this regard. The present study was done to project the effectiveness of cardiotocography (CTG) at admission to labour room in high r...

Evaluation of Outcome of Mothers with Breast Cancer during Pregnancy, Fetal and Neonatal Development

uction:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in pregnant and non-pregnant women. It also occurs in one out of 3000 to 10000 delivery. The aim of this study is the evaluation of peri-natal and maternal outcome in women with pregnancy associated breast cancer. Method:case series were reviewed retrospectively, which included 9 pregnant women diagnosed with cancer in shahid sadoughi hospital fro...

Induction of Labour in Late and Postterm Pregnancies and its Impact on Maternal and Neonatal Outcome.

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to determine the effects of induction of labour in late-term pregnancies on the mode of delivery, maternal and neonatal outcome. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed deliveries between 2000 and 2014 at the University Hospital of Cologne. Women with a pregnancy aged between 41 + 0 to 42 + 6 weeks were included. Those who underwent induction of labour were compared ...