The present limits of fetal monitoring during labor: future prospects
Fargier, P.; Salomon, B.; Dolfus, M.; Barrier, P.Y.; Magnin, P.
Revue Francaise de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique 69(2): 97-102
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-290X PMID: 17436494 Document Number: 77918
On the basis of cases in which both fetal cardiac rhythm and pH in utero were monitored, the authors studied the prognostic value of anomalies in fetal cardiac rate. There was a good correlation between the absence of anomalies in monitoring and fetal wellbeing. In cases with an anomaly in the rhythm, the monitoring represented only a warning signal in the diagnosis of fetal distress, the only certain indicator being the pH measurement in utero. Nevertheless, the increasing use of fetal monitoring seems to have had a marked effect on perinatal mortality in Professor Magnin's obstetrics department.