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Non‐stress antenatal cardiotocography—a prospective blind study
Author(s) -
KIDD L. C.,
PATEL N. B.,
SMITH R.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb03028.x
Subject(s) - cardiotocography , medicine , fetal distress , obstetrics , prospective cohort study , distress , pregnancy , fetus , clinical psychology , genetics , biology
Summary. A prospective blind study of non‐stress antenatal cardiotocography was undertaken in a group of 216 ‘high risk’ pregnancies. The ‘Cardiff’ scores and the outcome of t h c pregnancies were compared subsequently. Low scores were associated with infants that were small‐for‐gestational age and fetal distress in labour, while high scores were associated with normal intrauterine growth. Although antepartum cardiotocography is predictive of fetal and neonatal outcome the extent to which its availability will prevent adverse outcome appears limited.