title: [CONTROL OF FETAL WELL-BEING: BIOPHYSICS INTRAPARTUM MONITORING].
abstract: This article presents an update on the control of the intrapartum fetal wellbeing including the following aspects: methods of monitoring the fetal heart rate and the uterine dynamic and uterine contraction parameters. Moreover, the assessment of intrapartum CTG records is described by analyzing the fetal heart rate in relation to uterine contractions. The different types of fetal heart rate decelerations: early late and variable, its clinical significance and the guidelines to follow in each one of them are evaluated. Finally, the parameters that make up a normal CTG registration are defined.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Terré Rull
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Francés Ribera
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D015148:Cardiotocography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014590:Uterine Contraction