title: Impediments to a unified international approach to the interpretation and management of intrapartum cardiotocographs.
abstract: There is much inconsistency in management recommendations for cardiotocograms by international organizations. Impediments to achieving consensus include disagreement on the spectrum of risk of fetal acidemia, different fetal heart rate pattern display due to differing chart paper speed, and the necessity for ancillary testing in confirming fetal acidemia.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics , Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA and.
authors.forename: Julian T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Parer
authors.affiliation: b Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology , St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , London , UK.
authors.forename: Austin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ugwumadu
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015148:Cardiotocography / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D005311:Fetal Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Fetal acidemia; fetal hypoxia; intrapartum