If fetal movement monitoring on its own doesn’t work, will adding a blood test to it improve outcomes?
It is heartening to see that care is being taken to ensure that rigorous research is being done before introducing a new test into practice.
Let’s just pop you on a trace. A reflection on language.
Is it OK to manipulate the information we share with birthing women about fetal monitoring so they do what we want?
What stops clinicians from using intermittent auscultation?
Research published this week by Chuey, De Vries, Dal Cin, and Low (2020) explored facilitators and barriers to the use of intermittent auscultation (IA) rather than intrapartum CTG monitoring. The authors pointed out that: Despite evidence-based guidelines from professional associations recommending IA, and warning against the use of continuous monitoring, healthy individuals in labour are rarely monitored intermittently. The harms of routine EFM use are well established, yet it continues […]
The admission CTG: does it improve outcomes?
Today’s post summarises the evidence about the use of admission CTGs.
Fetal movement monitoring and stillbirth prevention: What’s new in research?
Does teaching women to focus on the movements of the fetus prevent stillbirth, or does it create a new set of problems?
