Use of the fetal movement chart.
Over a five-year period in general practice, 44 antenatal patients with the risk of placental insufficiency charted the movements of their fetuses. Two stillbirths were possibly prevented and four patients had a false positive result - that is, an abnormal recording without fetal compromise. The method of charting fetal movements is discussed and results are presented in support of the chart's use.
D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D010927:Placental Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy