Why the study?
Does electronic fetal heart rate monitoring reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity during labor?
Population
Fetuses during labor
Design
Review
Authors
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Lacks proven benefit for reducing perinatal mortality; leaves open optimal fetal monitoring strategies in labor.
Does electronic fetal heart rate monitoring reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity during labor?
Despite failing to reduce perinatal mortality and increasing cesarean delivery rates, fetal heart rate monitoring remains a standard obstetric procedure, with computerized analysis emerging to improve interpretation.
Kwon et al. (2016) studied this question.
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