A prospective study of 6825 labours was undertaken to determine the relation between the Apgar scores of the babies at one minute and the cardiotocograph tracing in labour. The sensitivity of an abnormal tracing was 35.2% for babies who needed intermittent positive pressure ventilation and 20.0% for babies who did not but who had Apgar scores of less than 7. The sensitivity of an abnormal traci...

The purpose of this chapter is to assist in the use and interpretation of intrapartum cardiotocography (CTG), as well as in the clinical management of specific CTG patterns. In the preparation of these guidelines, it has been assumed that all necessary resources, both human and material, required for intrapartum monitoring and clinical management are readily available. Unexpected complications ...

Objective We speculate that genetic racial disparity exists in fetal life and can be detected by modern computerized cardiotocography (cCTG). Methods This is a retrospective study comparing the results of the cCTG of pregnant patients at 37-42 weeks according to the parental ethnicity (black versus white). A cCTG was performed to analyze the variables of fetal heart rate (FHR). The cCTG variabl...

Uterine Contractions (UC) and Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) are the most common techniques for evaluating fetal maternal assessment during pregnancy detecting changes in oxygenation occurred throughout labor. By monitoring Cardiotocography (CTG) patterns, doctors can measure fetus state, accelerations, heart rate, uterine contractions. Several computational machine learning (ML) methods have been done...