Fetal heart monitoring: mild | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2012年3月1日—...evidenceunderlyingatypicalvariabledecelerations.Thiscolumnwillexploretheevidencebehindtheclassificationofdecelerationsasmild, ...

The first column in this series reviewed standard electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) definitions and categories proposed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).1 The second reviewed the evidence underlying atypical variable decelerations. This column will explore the evidence behind the classification of decelerations as mild, moderate, and severe.

Published evidence will be stratified according to the method outlined by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), summarized in the Table.2

Furthermore, it did not attempt to control for important confounding factors such as the presence or absence of normal baseline rate, moderate variability, or accelerations. Consequently, evidence from this study does not qualify as Level I or Level II.

Subsequently, ...