Reliability of the signs of fetal distress.
The outcome of 3 659 consecutive labours, during which no heed was paid to fetal monitoring, is reported. Perinatal morbidity and mortality were neither better nor worse than the rates which have been reported from units which practise intensive intrapartum fetal monitoring.
D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D005318:Fetal Heart; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D014597:Uterine Rupture