This article focuses on themajor aspects of the physiology of oxygen supply to the fetus and the main goals of intrapartum fetal monitoring: (1) timely identification of fetuses that are being inadequately oxygenated, to enable appropriate action before the occurrence of injury; and (2) reassurance on adequate fetal oxygenation to avoid unnecessary obstetric interventions. It should be emphasiz...

Sophisticated modern methods of fetal monitoring during labor have improved the prognosis for high-risk infants, but the possible adverse side effects have not yet been fully documented. One infant with osteomyelitis and one with streptococcal sepsis are reported. In the future, greater attention should be paid to such potential complications and new noninvasive techniques of fetal monitoring s...

This report deals with the use of a relatively new investigative technique (Doppler ultrasound) in the management of a case of early onset pre-eclampsia and discusses the benefit of this new technique over conventional methods of fetal monitoring.

Traumatic injuries in pregnancy are both common and burdensome. Optimal management includes proper triage, maternal resuscitation, fetal monitoring, and diagnostic imaging.

BACKGROUND Diagnosis of intrauterine fetal growth restriction and prediction of small-for-gestation age are often based on fetal abdominal circumference or estimated fetal weight (EFW). The present study aims to create unconditional (cross-sectional) and conditional (longitudinal) standards of fetal abdominal circumference and EFW for use in an ethnic Chinese population. METHODS In the Growin...

Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy (APIP) poses a serious threat to the mother and her fetus, and might lead to fetal loss including miscarriage and stillbirth in certain patients. We sought to identify possible factors that affect fetal distress and evaluated outcomes of patients with APIP.We retrospectively reviewed clinical records of 54 pregnant women with APIP, who were treated at 2 tertiary ...

Standard methods of monitoring the fetus and maternal health during labor are cardiotocogram, tocography, ultrasound and magnetocardiograpghy. These methods have some limitations in real time continuous monitoring and cause some degree of inconvenience to the patient and demand special attendance of the obstetrician also these methods cannot be used for continuous monitoring of the fetal well b...

Health technology The use of domiciliary care for pregnant women at risk of adverse outcomes. Enhanced domiciliary care comprised home visits from community midwives and domiciliary foetal monitoring, where the results of a cardiotocogram (CTG), recorded in the home, were transmitted to the hospital by telephone using modems. The frequency of surveillance was not specified in the study protocol...