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Does wireless CTG monitoring help?

A recent study in Turkey compared wireless and wired CTG monitoring in women during labor. It found no significant difference in comfort but showed reduced pain and higher birth satisfaction with wireless monitoring. Labour duration was shorter with wireless use. It’s not final proof – but it is a great first start in understanding whether wireless CTGs live up to the hype!

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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 […]

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