[The present limits of fetal monitoring during labor: future prospects].
On the basis of cases in which both fetal cardiac rhythm and pH in utero were monitored, the authors studied the prognostic value of anomalies in fetal cardiac rate. There was a good correlation between the absence of anomalies in monitoring and fetal wellbeing. In cases with an anomaly in the rhythm, the monitoring represented only a warning signal in the diagnosis of fetal distress, the only certain indicator being the pH measurement in utero. Nevertheless, the increasing use of fetal monitoring seems to have had a marked effect on perinatal mortality in Professor Magnin's obstetrics department.
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Clinique Obstétricale (Pr G. MAGNIN), Hôpital Edouard-Herriot, 3, Place d'Arsonval, 69374 Lyon 2, France.
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D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011247:Pregnancy