The technique of fetal electroencephalography during labour.
A method for recording the fetal electroencephalogram (EEG) during labour is described. Technical specifications for the construction of a suitable electrode are detailed. One hundred and twenty-three patients in labour were monitored using this technique and the success rate of obtaining records for analysis was 91 per cent.
D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D004566:Electrodes; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy