This study explored women’s experiences with antenatal CTG monitoring and their understanding of its purpose. It revealed limited information was shared by healthcare professionals, leading to inadequate informed consent. It’s a great reminder of how important it is to have access to accurate information that supports decision-making regarding fetal monitoring.
The Dawes Redman system, used for CTG monitoring in pregnancy, aims to predict adverse outcomes. Recent research indicated a low overall accuracy of 54.4%, with high negative predictive values but low positive predictive values, especially in high-risk scenarios, questioning its effectiveness and endorsement in clinical guidelines.
There has been a lot of research about whether health professionals agree on what to call the pattern on a CTG during labour. And the experts all agree, that the experts don’t agree. That is to say, there is a troubling degree of variability in how maternity professionals interpret the same CTG pattern. This is something I have written about before (here, here, and here). Until recently, I had never […]
Here are the four things I wish everyone working in maternity care knew about CTG monitoring
Are we doing more harm than good when we use a #CTG for a woman with reduced movements?
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