Fact of the Month: August
A non-reassuring trace and a Dawes-Redman analysis in the grey zone are the same.
Fact of the Month : July
An apparently normal antepartum CTG, computerised or not, is not a 100% guarantee of fetal safety even within the next hour. These exceptional cases are fortunately extremely rare.
Fact of the Month: May
Subjective assessment is too unreliable in clinical practice for assessing non-reassuring traces.
Fact of the Month: April
Approximately 80% of women have ‘criteria met’ when attending a triage unit.
Fact of the Month: March
The ultimate purpose of all CTG’s (ante -partum and intrapartum) is to prevent stillbirths