Sentences with phrase «electronic fetal monitoring increases»

Electronic fetal monitoring increases the risk of women having a caesarean section, which is not a benign operation, he writes.

They acknowledge that electronic fetal monitoring increases the rate of instrumental delivery (such as use of forceps) and caesarean section, but argue that increased intervention «may not be entirely undesirable, given that appropriately timed intervention is likely to avoid neonatal hypoxia, seizures, and perinatal death.»

Not exact matches

In the United States, Canada, and recently England, major reviews of the evidence have concluded that electronic fetal monitoring should be reserved for high risk pregnancies.18 Use of electronic fetal monitoring has increased worldwide, however, in both low and high risk groups.

There is some evidence that the use of continuous electronic fetal monitoring may lead to increased false positives for fetal hypoxemia and to resulting caesarean sections.21, 22

The biggest problem being cesarean surgery and operative vaginal births increase when the electronic fetal monitor is used, but the babies don't do any better than babies who had their heart rate measured every 15 minutes with a stethoscope.

This dramatic increase was a result of several changes in the practice environment, including the introduction of electronic fetal monitoring and a decrease in operative vaginal deliveries and attempts at vaginal breech deliveries (8 — 11).

They blame this increase on the introduction of electronic fetal monitoring, and the decrease in breech births and forceps births.

Given that electronic fetal monitoring does not prevent perinatal deaths, «the excess of subsequent deaths caused by the increased risk of caesarean section is a major concern.»