title: Comparison of auditory versus electronic assessment of antenatal fetal welfare.
abstract: The relationship of auscultation of fetal heart rate accelerations to fetal movements, and the comparison of fetal heart rate accelerations with those observed on a fetal monitor, are reported. This auditory nonstress test (NST) was usually confirmed by the electronic fetal monitor. These results indicate that 94.6% of reactive auditory NSTs may allow elimination or reduction of the need for electronic fetal monitoring.
mesh_terms: D004582:Electronics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006326:Heart Auscultation; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy