Can CTGs harm? Part 3
Does CTG monitoring generate more harm than benefit for babies? Here’s the evidence….
Can CTGs harm? Part 2
What are the psychological consequences of CTG monitoring? Sadly, we don’t actually know….
Can CTGs harm? Part 1
It’s just a CTG – it can’t hurt to do one. Or can it? This week’s post explores the risks of CTG use.
What is intermittent auscultation?
Back to basics: What is intermittent auscultation and how is it done?
What is CTG monitoring?
Today’s post takes us back to the basics and discusses what CTG monitoring is.
Listening to the fetus: the history of fetal heart rate monitoring
In 1819 Kergaradec wrote “it seemed to me that I was hearing the movements of a watch placed very close to me”. It is probably fair to claim this is the moment fetal heart rate monitoring came into existence.
How to guess fetal blood pressure
Can you accurately guess fetal blood pressure from the heart rate pattern? #AI #CTG #EFM #FetalMonitoring #Physiology #Sheep
Failing at CTG interpretation
If you wouldn’t use runes to decide whether to do a cesarean section, why would you use a #CTG?
What is wrong with shared decision making?
I’m not saying the goal of shared decision making is inherently wrong – it’s simply too little and too late.
Birth Small Talk 