cardiotocography
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thumb|Footage of a CTG test Cardiotocography (CTG) is a technique used to monitor the fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy and labour. The machine used to perform the monitoring is called a cardiotocograph.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Cardiotocography
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- Kardiotokograf.jpeg
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- A cardiotocograph recording fetal heart rate and uterine contractions
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D015148
- Medical intervention.CPT
- 59050
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Research
3,606 papers- FIGO consensus guidelines on intrapartum fetal monitoring: Cardiotocography.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2015
- Computerized cardiotocography analysis during labor - A state-of-the-art review.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2023
- Intrapartum cardiotocography.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2024
- Cardiotocography use for fetal assessment during labor in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2024
- ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 106: Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring: nomenclature, interpretation, and general management principles.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2009
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Methods
- Interpretation
- Uterine activity
- Baseline fetal heart rate
- Baseline FHR variability
- Zigzag pattern of fetal heart rate
- Saltatory pattern of fetal heart rate
- Accelerations
- Periodic or episodic decelerations
- FHR pattern classification
- Updated 2015 FIGO Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring Guidelines
- Benefits
- See also
- References
thumb|Footage of a CTG test Cardiotocography (CTG) is a technique used to monitor the fetal heartbeat and uterine contractions during pregnancy and labour. The machine used to perform the monitoring is called a cardiotocograph.
Fetal heart sounds were described as early as 350 years ago and approximately 200 years ago mechanical stethoscopes, such as the Pinard horn, were introduced in clinical practice.
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