V. Prenatal and Perinatal Care Pediatrics and Nutrition Surveillance: Automated Quantitation of Uterine Contractility (UC) and Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) in Labor Surveillance

摘要

Automated quantitation of UC and FHR tabulated in half hour averages throughout labor could improve human expertise in early diagnosis of fetal distress. Such continuous 24 hr/day surveillance system developed in our laboratory for simultaneous monitoring of 10 women in labor is presented. Clinical reliability and usefulness of data supplied by the computer are being validated now by clinical and biochemical assessment of the fetus, newborn, and baby.