Women’s experiences with new monitoring technology
A new approach to CTG monitoring improves comfort and mobility during labour.
EFM
Electronic fetal monitoring
When the lawyers change their minds, everything changes
Could there be a big change coming? What would happen if CTGs were no longer accepted as legal evidence?
Assessing the safety of hospital birth
Asking whether hospital birth is safe is very different to asking whether home birth is safe. What does the latest Cochrane review say?
Cool new technology
It’s tiny, it’s cool, and it does something that #CTG sensors can’t do. What is it?
CTG monitoring is NOT mandatory: A request to writers
This is my regular reminder that CTG monitoring is a choice. Write like you believe this is true.
Do bigger women benefit from intrapartum CTG monitoring?
CTG monitoring is often recommended for women with higher BMI. What does the evidence say?
Why does heightened awareness of reduced fetal movements not prevent perinatal death?
It seems logical that it should work, but focussing on fetal movement hasn’t improved outcomes. And I think I know why… #CTG #Ultrasound #IOL #Birth #Maternity #Midwifery #Obstetrics
Computer analysis of the CTG – is it working?
Where are we up to with computer interpretation of the CTG? #CTG #EFM #FetalMonitoring #Maternity #Midwifery #Birth #Obstetrics
Up is good, down is not
New evidence about the relationship between decelerations, accelerations, and hypoxic brain injury.
The CTG as medicolegal protection
“You’ll get sued if you don’t put a CTG on”. Is it true? @louiseroth
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