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Application of a real-time microcomputer monitoring system: surveillance of induced labour by uterine activity quantitation
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06744.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 90, Issue 1, pages 40–48, January 1983
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TROMANS, P. M. and BEAZLEY, J. M. (1983), Application of a real-time microcomputer monitoring system: surveillance of induced labour by uterine activity quantitation. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 90: 40–48. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb06744.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 2 March 1982 Accepted 20 July 1982
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Summary. The uterine activity of women during induced labour was analysed with a real-time Commodore PET 2001 series microcomputer. The active contraction area was measured in torr-min (1 torr = 0.133 kPa) per 10 min epochs [uterine activity unit (UAU)/10 min]. Surgical induction was followed immediately by administration of a geometric oxytocin infusion and all patients received epidural analgesia. Twenty-eight primigravidae for whom inductographic and partographic progress were normal had a mean ‘stable phase’ uterine activity of 118±2 SD 43 UAU/10 min (≡942±2 SD 343 kPas/10 min) whereas 15 multiparae had a mean ‘stable phase’ of 83±2 SD 34 UAU/10 min (≡662±2 SD 271kPas/10min). This difference was significant (P<0.01). The construction of uterine activity charts is described and their clinical application discussed.