Admission CTGs: Do they improve outcomes?
Today’s post summarises the evidence about the use of admission CTGs.
Tag Archive for ‘caesarean section’
No it isn’t…
I was all set to have a few weeks away from blog writing, when this Facebook post appeared over the weekend. I feel compelled to set out some actual facts about telemetry CTG monitoring to counter the claims made in this request for donations. Then I’m going to take a few weeks off! What is telemetry CTG monitoring? Standard CTG technology uses wires to connect the sensors on the woman’s […]
Overdiagnosis and CTG monitoring
Unlike Dr Who, we can’t drop into our future timeline to see what the consequences of our current decisions are. If we could, would we make different choices?
Gestational diabetes and the best time to give birth
There’s a fair bit of controversy about whether, how, and when to test for diabetes in pregnancy. This post focusses on one decision women with a diagnosis of diabetes are often asked to make – when to give birth. (If you are after information about other aspects of diabetes in pregnancy, Rachel Reed and Sara Wickham both have great blogs about this, and both have books on induction of labour.) […]
Antenatal CTG monitoring: Does it work?
As I have been refreshing older blog posts, I realised I never did get around to writing about antenatal CTG use. Today’s post solves that gap! What is antenatal CTG monitoring and when is it used? Mostly I write about the use of CTG monitoring during labour. But this is not the only time CTGs are used in maternity care. Maternity professionals also use CTGs during pregnancy in an attempt […]
Smart surveillance and the caesarean section rate: Have they cracked the code?
A recently published paper from Taiwan has caught my eye (Cheng, et al., 2023). Researchers don’t often find new technology can reduce the caesarean section rate, but that’s what this group have done. Let’s dig in and see what it was all about. (The paper is open access so feel free to grab a copy and read along with me). What was the new tech? The authors described a newly […]
Can CTGs harm? Part 3
Does CTG monitoring generate more harm than benefit for babies? Here’s the evidence….
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.
ST segment analysis and the caesarean section rate
Does #STAN reduce the #caesarean rate when #CTG monitoring is in use? New Australian research!
Feminist critiques of intrapartum CTG monitoring
Exploring the values, roles, and meanings attached to fetal monitoring.
Birth Small Talk 