The Regional Centralization of Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring and Its Impact on Neonatal Acidemia and the Cesarean Birth Rate

• Main Authors: Kaori Michikata (Author), Hiroshi Sameshima (Author), Hirotoshi Urabe (Author), Syuichi Tokunaga (Author), Yuki Kodama (Author), Tsuyomu Ikenoue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. The improvement of the accuracy of fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern interpretation to improve perinatal outcomes remains an elusive challenge. We examined the impact of an FHR centralization system on the incidence of neonatal acidemia and cesarean births. Methods. We performed a regional,...