The need for a new outlook on labor monitoring

Dan Farine, Michael Shenhav, Ofer Barnea, Ariel Jaffa, Harold E. Fox

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Abstract

Fetal heart rate monitors, including the newer pulse-oximetry and STAN monitors, are designed to detect fetal distress that affects less than 1% of women in labor. Non-progressive labor is a much more common disorder than fetal distress, with approximately 50% of women in labor requiring oxytocin. Current technology assessing labor progress is subjective and inaccurate. There is a need for objective and accurate technology to measure labor progress and the effect it may have on managing labor and, specifically, non-progressive labor.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)161-164
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2006

Keywords

  • Cervicometry
  • Labor
  • Labor monitoring
  • Labor progress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

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