Open AccessKnowledge levels of midwives regarding the interpretation of cardiotocographs at labour units in KwaZulu-Natal public hospitals
Author(s) -
Sindiwe James,
Ntsepiseng E. Maduna,
David Morton
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
curationis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-6279
pISSN - 0379-8577
DOI - 10.4102/curationis.v42i1.2007
Subject(s) - cardiotocography , medicine , descriptive statistics , nursing , public hospital , family medicine , descriptive research , obstetrics , pregnancy , fetus , statistics , genetics , mathematics , biology
The primary purpose of cardiotocography is to detect early signs of intrapartum hypoxia and improve foetal outcomes. Intrapartum hypoxia remains the major cause of perinatal deaths during monitored labours. This is attributed to the midwives' lack of knowledge and skills in the foetal implementation and interpretation of cardiotocographs.