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Computers and CTGs: where are we at?

The latest National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on intrapartum care include advice on the appropriate use of cardiotocographs. This technology has become, rightly or wrongly, commonplace as an increasing number of women are receiving CTG monitoring during their labour. Th...

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Published in:British Journal of Midwifery Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. 644 - 650
Main Authors: Barber VS, Lean KA, Shakeshaft CE
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Oct2010
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        affil: Trialist, NPEU CTU, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford
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          Cardiotocography
          Fetal Monitoring, Electronic
          Labor
          Computers and Computerization
          Fetal Well-Being
          Pregnancy
          Female
          Practice Guidelines
          Intrapartum Care
          Staff Development
          Negligence
          United Kingdom
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      ab: The latest National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on intrapartum care include advice on the appropriate use of cardiotocographs. This technology has become, rightly or wrongly, commonplace as an increasing number of women are receiving CTG monitoring during their labour. The technology is now over 50 years old, however, it has still to be proven effective. The cardiotocograph monitors are not monitors per se--they are used as a recorder and signal display to be then reviewed by an observer. Increasingly computers have been used to improve this technology, both display and interpretation and computers are now to be used to help interpret traces in real time. This article addresses whether the potential in CTG monitoring technology has finally materialized.
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