Fetal heart rate monitoring during labor is a vital tool for assessing a baby's well-being and guiding timely interventions. Updated ACOG guidelines outline how to interpret different tracing ...

Since the 1970s, electronic fetal monitoring has been the go-to technology in perinatal obstetrics for the detection of fetal distress during labor. Although the technology has changed slightly in the ...

External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs of fetal hypoxia undetected if the maternal pulse rate is not simultaneously monitored. The risk is that ...

A normal heart rate for a fetus can range from 110 to 160 beats per minute (BPM). Very early in pregnancy, it is typically around 110 BPM. Fetal heart rate may speed up to 140 to 170 BPM around the ...

Discontinuing oxytocin during active labor was associated with a 20% lower risk for cesarean delivery and reduced the risk for uterine tachysystole and non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracings. The ...

Cardiotocography (CTG) refers to the electronic recording of the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions. Fetal heart rate recorded through the mother’s abdomen is the most commonly used fetal ...