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Performance of a Maternal Abdominal Surface Electrode System for Fetal Heart Rate and Uterine Contraction Monitoring from 34 to 37 Weeks

American Journal of Perinatology, ISSN: 1098-8785, Vol: 41, Issue: 3, Page: 263-269
2021
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New Perinatology Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at University of Arizona (Performance of a Maternal Abdominal Surface Electrode System for Fetal Heart Rate and Uterine Contraction Monitoring From 34 To 37 Weeks)

2024 MAR 06 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Women's Health Daily -- Current study results on Women's Health - Perinatology

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Objective The objective of this study was to compare performance of a maternal surface electrode patch with ultrasound- A nd tocodynamometer-based monitoring to detect fetal heart rate and uterine contractility in late preterm labors. Study Design Thirty women between 34 and 36 weeks' gestation were monitored simultaneously with a Doppler/tocodynamometer system and a wireless fetal-maternal abdominal surface electrode system. Fetal and maternal heart rate and uterine contraction data from both systems were compared. Reliability was measured by the success rate and percent agreement. Deming regression and Bland-Altman analysis estimated the concordance between the systems. Uterine contractions were assessed by visual interpretation of monitor tracings. Results The success rate for the surface electrode system was 89.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 85.7-93.3), and for ultrasound it was 88.4% (95% CI, 84.9-91.9; p = 0.73), with a percent agreement of 88.1% (95% CI, 84.2-92.8). Results were uninfluenced by the patients' body mass. The mean Deming slope was 1 and the y-intercept was-3.0 beats per minute (bpm). Bland-Altman plots also showed a close relationship between the methods, with limits of agreement less than 10 bpm. The percent agreement for maternal heart rate was 98.2% (95% CI, 97.4-98.8), and for uterine contraction detection it was 89.5% (95% CI, 85.5-93.4). Conclusion Fetal heart rate and uterine contraction monitoring at 34 to 36 weeks using abdominal surface electrodes was not inferior to Doppler ultrasound/tocodynamometry for fetal-maternal assessment. Registration clinicaltrials.gov/February 20, 2017/identifier NCT03057275. Key Points Monitoring the preterm fetal heart rate with surface electrodes is feasible. Preterm contractions can be monitored with surface electrodes. The technique was noninferior to standard external monitors.

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