OBJECTIVE To examine whether intrapartum monitoring by means of automatic ST analysis (STAN) of fetal electrocardiography could reduce the rate of neonatal acidemia and the rate of operative intervention during labour, compared with monitoring by means of cardiotocography (CTG). DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Labour ward in tertiary-level university hospital. SAMPLE A total o...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and clinical characteristics of persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) among low-risk pregnancies. We have also compared electrocardiography (ECG) parameters of infants with PLSVC with those of normal controls. METHOD At our institute, fetal echocardiogram is routinely performed in the midtrimester. We retrospectively reviewed the records of prenatally...

BACKGROUND The fetal-to-neonatal transition is a complex process that includes changes in cardiac and respiratory systems. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to review the different methods of cardiocirculatory monitoring during the immediate neonatal transition period. METHODS A systematic search of PubMed and Ovid Embase was performed using the following terms: infant, newborn, newborn in...

Current medical research aims to continuously improve diagnostic tools, and thus to develop new assessment methods, less invasive and when long-term monitoring is the case, as in telemonitoring systems less annoying for the patient. Many improvements of clinical investigations are directed by cost reduction; therefore, upgrading existing inexpensive techniques such as the direct recording of bi...

electrocardiographic study of 50 healthy markhoz goats ranging from less than 1 to more than 3 years inage was carried out. the heart rate varied from 99 to 123 beats/min with a mean of 110 beats/min. there wasa significant difference between the heart rate of goats in 3 age groups (pt waves and qt interval in base apex lead, qrs wave in lead i, p-r and pq interval in avf lead were higherand du...

Electrocardiography has played an important role in the detection and characterization of heart function, both in normal and abnormal states. In this paper we present an inhomogeneous, anisotropic computer model of the human thorax for use in electrocardiography with emphasis on the calculation of transthoracic potential and current distributions. Knowledge of the current pathways in the thorax...