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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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Loud CTGs – turn it off!

Sometimes I spot a new research paper and I ended up thinking – well that was something I never really thought about before! That was what happened when this one came my way. I’m pleased someone thought to do this research and I hope maternity professionals can adopt their practice with these findings in mind. How was it done? The paper has the slightly confusing title of “The effect of […]

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