A randomized trial of weekly cardiotocography in highrisk obstetric patients

  1. JUDITH LUMLEY Senior Lecturer,
  2. ARLENE LESTER Technical Officer,
  3. IAN ANDERSON Senior Technical Officer,
  4. PETER RENOU Senior Lecturer,
  5. CARL WOOD Professor and Chairman

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06439.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 90, Issue 11, pages 1018–1026, November 1983

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LUMLEY, J., LESTER, A., ANDERSON, I., RENOU, P. and WOOD, C. (1983), A randomized trial of weekly cardiotocography in highrisk obstetric patients. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 1018–1026. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06439.x

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Queen Victoria Medical Centre, 172 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 17 December 1982 Accepted 6 April 1983

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Summary. A randomized clinical trial of once-weekly antenatal fetal heart rate monitoring in 539 high-risk patients could find no benefit of monitoring in terms of perinatal mortality, morbidity or Apgar score. The previously well-documented association between abnormal antenatal fetal heart rate traces and low Apgar score was confirmed. A detailed case review showed that in this population monitoring was irrelevant to almost all of the 13 perinatal deaths.

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