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Geva N, Geva Y, Katz L, Binyamin Y, Rotem R, Weintraub AY, Yaniv Salem S. Correlation between total deceleration area in CTG records and cord blood pH in pregnancies with IUGR. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2024:10.1007/s00404-023-07240-0. [PMID: 38225432 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-023-07240-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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PURPOSE Fetal cardiotocography is the most common method to assess fetal well-being during labor. Nevertheless, its predictive ability for acidemia is limited, both in low-risk and high-risk pregnancies (Nelson et al. in N Engl J Med 334: 613-9, 1996; Rinciples P et al. in Health and Human Development Workshop Report on Electronic Fetal Monitoring : Update on Definitions. no. 2007, 510-515, 2008), especially in high-risk pregnancies, such as those complicated by growth restriction. In this study we aim examine the association between deceleration and acceleration areas and other measure of fetal heart rate in intrapartum fetal monitoring and neonatal arterial cord blood pH in pregnancies complicated by growth restriction. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study of 100 deliveries complicated by growth restriction, delivered during 2018, was conducted. Known major fetal anomalies, non-vertex presentation and elective cesarean deliveries were excluded. Total deceleration and acceleration areas were calculated as the sum of the areas within the deceleration and acceleration, respectively. RESULTS In deliveries complicated by growth restriction, cord blood pH is significantly associated with total deceleration area (p = 0.05) and correlates with cumulative duration of the decelerations (Spearman's rank -0.363, p < 0.05), and total acceleration area (-0.358, p < 0.05). By comparing the cord blood pH in deliveries with a total deceleration area that was above and below the median total deceleration area, we demonstrated a significant difference between the categories. CONCLUSIONS Cord blood pH significantly correlates with total deceleration area and other fetal monitoring characteristics in neonates with growth restriction. Future studies using real-time, machine-learning based techniques of fetal heart rate monitoring, may provide population specific threshold values that will support bedside clinical decision making and perhaps achieve better outcomes.
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- Neta Geva
- Department of Neonatology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences, Sheril and Hain Saban Children Hospital, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Pediatric Division, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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David AL, Spencer RN. Clinical Assessment of Fetal Well-Being and Fetal Safety Indicators. J Clin Pharmacol 2022; 62 Suppl 1:S67-S78. [PMID: 36106777 PMCID: PMC9544851 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.2126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 07/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Delivering safe clinical trials of novel therapeutics is central to enable pregnant women and their babies to access medicines for better outcomes. This review describes clinical monitoring of fetal well‐being and safety. Current pregnancy surveillance includes regular antenatal checks of blood pressure and urine for signs of gestational hypertension. Fetal and placental development is assessed routinely using the first‐trimester “dating” and mid‐trimester “anomaly” ultrasound scans, but the detection of fetal anomalies can continue throughout pregnancy using targeted sonography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Serial sonography can be used to assess fetal size, well‐being, and placental function. Carefully defined reproducible imaging parameters, such as the head circumference (HC), abdominal circumference (AC), and femur length (FL), are combined to calculate an estimate of the fetal weight. Doppler analysis of maternal uterine blood flow predicts placental insufficiency, which is associated with poor fetal growth. Fetal doppler analysis can indicate circulatory decompensation and fetal hypoxia, requiring delivery to be expedited. Novel ways to assess fetal well‐being and placental function using MRI, computerized cardiotocography (CTG), serum circulating fetoplacental proteins, and mRNA may improve the assessment of the safety and efficacy of maternal and fetal interventions. Progress has been made in how to define and grade clinical trial safety in pregnant women, the fetus, and neonate. A new system for improved safety monitoring for clinical trials in pregnancy, Maternal and Fetal Adverse Event Terminology (MFAET), describes 12 maternal and 18 fetal adverse event (AE) definitions and severity grading criteria developed through an international modified Delphi consensus process. This fills a vital gap in maternal and fetal translational medicine research.
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- Anna L David
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.,National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.,School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Improving Development of Drug Treatments for Pregnant Women and the Fetus. Ther Innov Regul Sci 2022; 56:976-990. [PMID: 35881237 PMCID: PMC9315086 DOI: 10.1007/s43441-022-00433-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The exclusion of pregnant populations, women of reproductive age, and the fetus from clinical trials of therapeutics is a major global public health issue. It is also a problem of inequity in medicines development, as pregnancy is a protected characteristic. The current regulatory requirements for drugs in pregnancy are being analyzed by a number of agencies worldwide. There has been considerable investment in developing expertise in pregnancy clinical trials (for the pregnant person and the fetus) such as the Obstetric-Fetal Pharmacology Research Centers funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Progress has also been made in how to define and grade clinical trial safety in pregnant women, the fetus, and neonate. Innovative methods to model human pregnancy physiology and pharmacology using computer simulations are also gaining interest. Novel ways to assess fetal well-being and placental function using magnetic resonance imaging, computerized cardiotocography, serum circulating fetoplacental proteins, and mRNA may permit better assessment of the safety and efficacy of interventions in the mother and fetus. The core outcomes in women’s and newborn health initiative is facilitating the consistent reporting of data from pregnancy trials. Electronic medical records integrated with pharmacy services should improve the strength of pharmacoepidemiologic and pharmacovigilance studies. Incentives such as investigational plans and orphan disease designation have been taken up for obstetric, fetal, and neonatal diseases. This review describes the progress that is being made to better understand the extent of the problem and to develop applicable solutions.
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Silva Neto MGD, Vale Madeiro JPD, Gomes DG. On designing a biosignal-based fetal state assessment system: A systematic mapping study. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2022; 216:106671. [PMID: 35144149 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The patterns present in biosignals, such as fetal heart rate (FHR), are valuable indicators of fetal well-being. In designing biosignal analysis systems, the variety of approaches and technology usage impairs the decision-making for the fundamental units of the systems. There is a need for an updated overview of studies encompassing the biosignal-based fetal state assessment systems. Therefore, we propose a systematic mapping study to identify and synthesize recent research regarding the building blocks that compose these systems. METHODS We followed well-established guidelines to perform a systematic mapping of studies regarding the building-blocks that compose the fetal state assessment systems and published between January 2016 and January 2021. A search string was determined based on the mapping questions and the PI (population and intervention) divisions. The search string was applied in digital libraries covering the fields of computer science, engineering, and medical informatics. Then, we applied the forward snowballing technique to complement the resulting set. This process resulted in 75 primary studies selected from a total of 871 papers. RESULTS Selected studies were classified according to the publication types, systems design stages, datasets, and predictive capabilities. The results revealed that (i) The majority of the selected studies refer to the method as a type of publication and there is a lack of validation studies; (ii) The CTU-UHB was the most frequent biosignal-based dataset and UCI-CTG was the most frequent feature-based data; (iii) The selected studies made use of the system design stages alone or in a mixed-mode. CONCLUSION The results indicated that the well-established classification models achieved competitive results compared with the state-of-the-art methods in data-constrained system designs. Moreover, we identified the need for validation studies in the clinical environment.
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- Department of Engineering of Teleinformatics, Federal University of Ceará, Ceará, Fortaleza 60455-900, Brazil
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- Department of Engineering of Teleinformatics, Federal University of Ceará, Ceará, Fortaleza 60455-900, Brazil
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Franke K, Bublak P, Hoyer D, Billiet T, Gaser C, Witte OW, Schwab M. In vivo biomarkers of structural and functional brain development and aging in humans. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 117:142-164. [PMID: 33308708 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Brain aging is a major determinant of aging. Along with the aging population, prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is increasing, therewith placing economic and social burden on individuals and society. Individual rates of brain aging are shaped by genetics, epigenetics, and prenatal environmental. Biomarkers of biological brain aging are needed to predict individual trajectories of aging and the risk for age-associated neurological impairments for developing early preventive and interventional measures. We review current advances of in vivo biomarkers predicting individual brain age. Telomere length and epigenetic clock, two important biomarkers that are closely related to the mechanistic aging process, have only poor deterministic and predictive accuracy regarding individual brain aging due to their high intra- and interindividual variability. Phenotype-related biomarkers of global cognitive function and brain structure provide a much closer correlation to age at the individual level. During fetal and perinatal life, autonomic activity is a unique functional marker of brain development. The cognitive and structural biomarkers also boast high diagnostic specificity for determining individual risks for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- K Franke
- Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Bertrang Warncke A, Zbären S, Bolla D, Baumann M, Mosimann B, Surbek D, Baud D, Raio L. Is computerized cardiotocography useful in monochorionic twins with selective intrauterine growth restriction? J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020; 35:116-121. [PMID: 31928265 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2020.1712708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Objective: To assess the value of using computerized cardiotocography (cCTG) short-term variation (STV) for intrapartum monitoring in monochorionic twins (MC) complicated by selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR).Material and methods: All available cCTGs retrieved from computerized medical records of MC with sIUGR were retrospectively studied regarding the behavior of the STV. sIUGR was defined as intertwin estimated fetal weight (EFW) discordance of ≥20% with the abdominal circumference (AC) below the fifth percentile and/or the EFW of the smaller twin below the 10th percentile. The sIUGR classification system proposed by Gratacos et al. was used using types I-III on the basis of umbilical artery Doppler characteristics of the IUGR twin. The admission (entry) STV and final pre-delivery (last) STV values were analyzed. Cases with intrauterine demise, with structural or chromosomal abnormalities, with twin anemia polycythemia sequence (TAPS) and/or twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) were excluded.Results: During the study period, 64 consecutive cases were managed within our department. Thirty-two cases fulfilled the inclusion criteria for analysis. Mean gestational age at assessment and at delivery was 28.4 ± 2.7 and 31.5 ± 2.2 weeks, respectively. The entry STV and last STV before delivery were not statistically different (mean IUGR STV entry: 9.3 ± 3.4 ms versus last 8 ± 2.2 ms; p = .051; mean co-twin STV entry: 9.1 ± 2.8 ms versus last 9.2 ± 3 ms; p = .87). Neither was the sIUGR-type adjusted STV.Conclusions: In MC pregnancies complicated by sIUGR, the cCTG STV does not distinguish between fetuses, nor does it show differences in cases of fetal deterioration monitored by conventional CTG.
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- Anouk Bertrang Warncke
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Spitalzentrum Biel, Biel, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SRO AG, Spital Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Schramm K, Grassl N, Nees J, Hoffmann J, Stepan H, Bruckner T, Haun MW, Maatouk I, Haist M, Schott TC, Sohn C, Schott S. Women's Attitudes Toward Self-Monitoring of Their Pregnancy Using Noninvasive Electronic Devices: Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2019; 7:e11458. [PMID: 30617040 PMCID: PMC6329419 DOI: 10.2196/11458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Pregnancy can be distressing, particularly if expectant mothers are worried about the well-being of their fetus. Consequently, the desire for reassurance and frequent fetal monitoring is often pronounced. Smart wearable devices and telemedicine are promising tools that could assist women in self-monitoring their pregnancy at home, hence disburdening emergency departments (EDs). They present the possibility to clarify the need for urgent care remotely and offer tighter pregnancy monitoring. However, patients’ acceptance of such new technologies for fetal monitoring has not yet been explored extensively. Objective This survey aimed to elucidate the attitudes of women toward self-monitoring of their pregnancy using noninvasive electronic devices. The technical details of the proposed devices were not specified. Methods A cross-sectional multicenter study was conducted at the departments of obstetrics of the University Hospitals of Heidelberg and Leipzig, Germany. All patients seen in the obstetrics clinic who were above 18 years were offered participation. We designed a survey questionnaire including validated instruments covering population characteristics, issues in current and past pregnancies, as well as attitudes toward self-monitoring of pregnancy with smart devices. Results A total of 509 pregnant women with no previous experience in telemedicine participated. Only a small minority of 5.9% (29/493) regarded self-monitoring with wearable devices as an alternative to consulting their physicians. Along these lines, only 7.7% (38/496) strongly believed they would visit the ED less often if such devices were readily available. However, if the procedure were combined with a Web-based telemetric physician consult, 13.5% (66/487) would be highly motivated to use the devices. Furthermore, significantly more women regarded it as an alternative prior to seeing a doctor when they perceived a decline in fetal movements (P<.001). Interestingly, women with university degrees had a higher propensity to engage in pregnancy self-monitoring compared with women without one (37% vs 23%; P=.001). Of the participants, 77.9% (381/489) would like smart wearable devices to measure fetal heart sounds, and 62.6% (306/489) wished to use the devices on their own. Feedback from a doctor or midwife was also very important in their choice of such devices (61.8%, 301/487 wished feedback). The intended frequency of use differed vastly among women, ranging from 13.8% (65/471) who would like to use such a device several times per day to 31.6% (149/471) who favored once per week at most. Conclusions Our results point to a skeptical attitude toward pregnancy self-monitoring among pregnant women. Nevertheless, many women are open to using devices for pregnancy monitoring in parallel to consulting their physician. The intention to use such devices several times daily or weekly, expressed by more than half of the participants, highlights the potential of such technologies.
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- Katharina Schramm
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Frauenarztpraxis Markus Haist & Anja Ritthaler, Pforzheim, Germany
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- Centre of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics and Orofacial Orthopedics, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Women's Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bhide A, Acharya G. Sex differences in fetal heart rate and variability assessed by antenatal computerized cardiotocography. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2018; 97:1486-1490. [PMID: 30091138 DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of the current study is to explore the effect of fetal sex on the fetal heart rate and variability. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. We analyzed fetal heart rate (FHR) traces of pregnant women that were recorded antenatally using a commercially available computerized cardiotocograph (cCTG; Oxford system). Fetal sex was ascertained after birth. Baseline FHR and short-term heart rate variation (STV) were compared between male and female fetuses. Expected mean values for baseline FHR and STV were computed and multiples of the mean (MOMean) of males and females were compared. RESULTS Information on 9259 cases is reported in this study. Baseline FHR of female fetuses was significantly higher (P < 0.001) and STV lower (P < 0.001) than that of male fetuses. This difference remained even after the effects of gestational age and diurnal variation were eliminated by computation of MOMean, but the absolute differences in the baseline FHR (0.9 beats/min [bpm]) and STV (0.246 ms) between male and female fetuses were small. A significant negative correlation was found between baseline FHR and STV (r = -0.518, P < 0.001). Similarly, a significant negative correlation was found between the MoMean of baseline FHR and MoMean STV (r = -0.481, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Using the Oxford cCTG, male fetuses show a significantly lower baseline FHR and greater variability as compared with female fetuses. However, the absolute differences are small and may not be of major clinical significance.
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- Amar Bhide
- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, UK.,Women's Health & Perinatal Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Women's Health & Perinatal Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.,Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC), Stockholm, Sweden
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Kouskouti C, Jonas H, Regner K, Ruisinger P, Knabl J, Kainer F. Validation of a new algorithm for the short-term variation of the fetal heart rate: an antepartum prospective study. J Perinat Med 2018; 46:599-604. [PMID: 28672744 DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2017-0035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AIMS Currently one of the most widespread systems for the computerized analysis of the fetal heart rate (FHR) is the Dawes-Redman system, where the short-term variation (STV) of the FHR is measured by dividing each minute into 16 segments (STV16). Technical progress has allowed for the development of a new algorithm, which measures the STV by dividing each minute into 240 segments (STV240), thus approximating the beat-to-beat variation. The STV240 still lacks reference values. Our aim was to develop clinically relevant reference values for the STV240 and compare them to the ones for the STV16. METHODS In a single centre, observational study, a total of 228 cardiotocograms were registered and subsequently analyzed with both algorithms (STV240 and STV16). RESULTS The 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated for both algorithms. The values of the STV240 were significantly lower in comparison to the ones of the STV16. Not only the mean values but also the 95th percentile of the STV240 lay beneath the existent cut-off value for the STV16. CONCLUSIONS Every clinician using the new algorithm must be aware that the normal values for the STV240 lie beneath the, up until now, established cut-off values for the STV16.
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- Christina Kouskouti
- Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Klinik Hallerwiese, St. Johannis-Mühlgasse 19, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany, Tel.: +49 162 7929487, +49 911 33402355, Fax: +49 911 33402301
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- Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Klinik Hallerwiese, St. Johannis-Mühlgasse 19, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Klinik Hallerwiese, St. Johannis-Mühlgasse 19, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Klinik Hallerwiese, St. Johannis-Mühlgasse 19, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Klinik Hallerwiese, St. Johannis-Mühlgasse 19, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Maistr. 11, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Perinatal Medicine, Klinik Hallerwiese, St. Johannis-Mühlgasse 19, 90419 Nuremberg, Germany
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Marzbanrad F, Stroux L, Clifford GD. Cardiotocography and beyond: a review of one-dimensional Doppler ultrasound application in fetal monitoring. Physiol Meas 2018; 39:08TR01. [PMID: 30027897 PMCID: PMC6237616 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/aad4d1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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One-dimensional Doppler ultrasound (1D-DUS) provides a low-cost and simple method for acquiring a rich signal for use in cardiovascular screening. However, despite the use of 1D-DUS in cardiotocography (CTG) for decades, there are still challenges that limit the effectiveness of its users in reducing fetal and neonatal morbidities and mortalities. This is partly due to the noisy, transient, complex and nonstationary nature of the 1D-DUS signals. Current challenges also include lack of efficient signal quality metrics, insufficient signal processing techniques for extraction of fetal heart rate and other vital parameters with adequate temporal resolution, and lack of appropriate clinical decision support for CTG and Doppler interpretation. Moreover, the almost complete lack of open research in both hardware and software in this field, as well as commercial pressures to market the much more expensive and difficult to use Doppler imaging devices, has hampered innovation. This paper reviews the basics of fetal cardiac function, 1D-DUS signal generation and processing, its application in fetal monitoring and assessment of fetal development and wellbeing. It also provides recommendations for future development of signal processing and modeling approaches, to improve the application of 1D-DUS in fetal monitoring, as well as the need for annotated open databases.
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- Faezeh Marzbanrad
- Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Changes in renal hemodynamics of undernourished fetuses appear earlier than IUGR evidences. J Dev Orig Health Dis 2018; 9:338-343. [PMID: 29374502 DOI: 10.1017/s204017441800003x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The present study used a sheep model of intrauterine growth restriction, combining maternal undernutrition and twinning, to determine possible markers of early damage to the fetal kidney. The occurrence of early deviations in fetal hemodynamics which may be indicative of changes in blood perfusion was assessed by Doppler ultrasonography. A total of 24 sheep divided in two groups were fed with the same standard grain-based diet but fulfilling either their daily maintenance requirements for pregnancy (control group; n=12, six singleton and six twin pregnancies) or only the 50% of such quantity (food-restricted group; n=12; four singleton and eight twin pregnancies). All the fetuses were assessed by both B-mode and Doppler ultrasonography at Day 115 of pregnancy. Fetal blood supply was affected by maternal undernutrition, although there were still no evidences of brain-sparing excepting in fetuses at greatest challenge (twins in underfed pregnancies). However, there were early changes in the blood supply to the kidneys of underfed fetuses and underfed twins evidenced decreases in kidney size.
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