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Clinical experience in non‐stressed antepartum cardiotocography in high‐risk pregnancies
Author(s) -
Varma T.R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(81)90001-1
Subject(s) - cardiotocography , medicine , fetal distress , fetal heart rate , apgar score , fetal movement , fetus , obstetrics , perinatal mortality , incidence (geometry) , placental insufficiency , pregnancy , heart rate , blood pressure , placenta , genetics , physics , optics , biology
A “ten‐point” scoring system for antenatal cardiotocography based on base line fetal heart rate, fetal movement, base line variability and fetal heart rate response to fetal movements and Braxton‐Hicks contractions has been used in 1100 patients to assess the fetal status in pregnancies complicated by suspected fetoplacental insufficiency. The incidence of fetal distress in labor, of operative deliveries, of low Apgar score (0–5), of infants with intrauterine growth retardation, of perinatal mortality rate, and of fetal abnormalities was significantly higher when the CTG score was 6 or below. The method of scoring was simple to use and could standardize reporting.