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Research Notes on Fetal Monitoring
Continuous monitoring is beneficial to high-risk patients, including women induced with pitocin or women who have thick meconium (infant stool) in the amniotic fluid, but its benefits for low-risk mothers are unclear. Continuous electronic fetal monitoring is used in the majority of births in the U.S., but studies have shown that continuous monitoring is not more effective than intermittent monitoring. Other studies have shown an increase in interventions such as birth vacuum extraction, cesarean sections, and the use of forceps for women who are monitored continuously, with limited benefit to the baby.1
Fast Facts:
- Fetal heart monitoring lets the health care provider monitor the baby's heartbeat in the uterus, including during labor.2
- Used to assess fetal well-being during labor.3
- When it comes to fetal monitoring, false alarms are common.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ MyMidwife.org: Fetal Monitoring
- ↑ A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Fetal Heart Monitoring
- ↑ American Academy of Family Physicians: Interpretation of the Electronic Fetal Heart Rate During Labor
- ↑ What To Expect: Electronic Fetal Monitoring
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Childbirth Monitoring, Labor Monitoring, Monitoring During Childbirth, Electronic Fetal Monitoring, Fetal Heart Monitoring
- Last update: Aug. 14, 2008
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