The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is one of the main biological systems that regulates
the body's physiology. Autonomic nervous system regulatory capacity begins before birth as …

Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) greatly expand the use of technology. There is a need
to accurately diagnose discomfort, pain, and complications, such as sepsis, mainly before …

Background Access to prenatal care can be challenging due to physician shortages and
rural geography. The multiple prenatal visits performed to collect basic fetal measurements …

The last decade has witnessed a number of important and exciting developments that had
been achieved for improving recurrence plot-based data analysis and to widen its …

Increased fetal heart rate variability (FHRV) in intrapartum cardiotocographic recording has
been variably defined and poorly understood, limiting its clinical utility. Both preclinical …

The interpretation of fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns is the only available method to
continuously monitor fetal well‐being during labour. One of the most important yet …

Hypoxia‐ischaemia (HI) before birth is a key risk factor for stillbirth and severe
neurodevelopmental disability in survivors, including cerebral palsy, although there are no …

The analysis of fetal heart rate variability has served as a scientific and diagnostic tool to
quantify cardiac activity fluctuations, being good indicators of fetal well-being. Many …

Fetal heart rate variability (FHRV) is a widely used index of intrapartum well being. Both
arms of the autonomic system regulate FHRV under normoxic conditions in the antenatal …

The polyvagal theory has led to the understanding of the functions of the autonomic nervous
system in biological development in humans, since the vagal system, a key structure within …