Heart rate variability in the perinatal period: a critical and conceptual review

M Chiera, F Cerritelli, A Casini, N Barsotti… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
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 …

A practical guide to non-invasive foetal electrocardiogram extraction and analysis

J Behar, F Andreotti, S Zaunseder… - Physiological …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-Invasive foetal electrocardiography (NI-FECG) represents an alternative foetal
monitoring technique to traditional Doppler ultrasound approaches, that is non-invasive and …

Intrapartum management of category II fetal heart rate tracings: towards standardization of care

SL Clark, MP Nageotte, TJ Garite, RK Freeman… - American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
There is currently no standard national approach to the management of category II fetal
heart rate (FHR) patterns, yet such patterns occur in the majority of fetuses in labor. Under …

Doppler ultrasound technology for fetal heart rate monitoring: a review

P Hamelmann, R Vullings, AF Kolen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fetal well-being is commonly assessed by monitoring the fetal heart rate (fHR). In clinical
practice, the de facto standard technology for fHR monitoring is based on the Doppler …

What is the “normal” fetal heart rate?

SP Von Steinburg, AL Boulesteix, C Lederer, S Grunow… - PeerJ, 2013 - peerj.com
Aim. There is no consensus about the normal fetal heart rate. Current international
guidelines recommend for the normal fetal heart rate (FHR) baseline different ranges of 110 …

Agreement and accuracy using the FIGO, ACOG and NICE cardiotocography interpretation guidelines

S Santo, D Ayres‐de‐Campos… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction One of the limitations reported with cardiotocography is the modest
interobserver agreement observed in tracing interpretation. This study compared agreement …

Trends in fetal monitoring through phonocardiography: Challenges and future directions

PC Adithya, R Sankar, WA Moreno, S Hart - Biomedical Signal Processing …, 2017 - Elsevier
Monitoring the well-being of a fetus through Fetal Phonocardiography (FPCG) has been
occurring for more than a century. Throughout history, there have been continuous …

Computerized cardiotocography analysis during labor–A state‐of‐the‐art review

I Ben M'Barek, G Jauvion… - Acta Obstetricia et …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiotocography is defined as the recording of fetal heart rate and uterine contractions and
is widely used during labor as a screening tool to determine fetal wellbeing. The visual …

Agreement on intrapartum cardiotocogram recordings between expert obstetricians

L Hruban, J Spilka, V Chudáček… - Journal of evaluation …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale, aims and objectives To evaluate obstetricians' inter‐and intra‐observer
agreement on intrapartum cardiotocogram (CTG) recordings and to examine obstetricians' …

Inter‐and intra‐observer agreement of non‐reassuring cardiotocography analysis and subsequent clinical management

S Rhöse, AMF Heinis, F Vandenbussche… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To quantify inter‐and intra‐observer agreement of non‐reassuring intrapartum
cardiotocography (CTG) patterns and subsequent clinical management. Design …