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THE MONITORING OF FOETAL HEART RATE BY RADIOTELEMETRY
Author(s) -
Walker David,
Grimwade James,
Wood Carl
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb63357.x
Subject(s) - telemetry , heart rate , scalp , fetal heart rate , computer science , medicine , surgery , telecommunications , blood pressure
A commercially available radiotelemetry system, designed to record the adult ECG in a wide range of situations, was found to operate satisfactorily for the fœtal ECG recorded from the fœtal scalp. When this system was compared with the conventional “hardwire” system commonly used to record the fœtal heart rate, extraneous noise and artefact were seen less frequently. The lower cost and accurate performance of the telemetry system used provide the obstetrician with an alternative to the more costly conventional equipment.