Abstract
In 1995 and 1996, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) convened a panel of experts in electronic fetal monitoring with the goal of reaching consensus on a set of standardized, unambiguous definitions for fetal heart rate tracings. In 2008, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine sponsored a second research planning workshop to review and clarify the 1997 definitions, to propose a standard classification system for fetal heart rate tracings, to introduce, in consensus form, key concepts of intrapartum fetal heart rate interpretation and to make recommendations for future research. This article summarizes the proposals and recommendations of the 2008 NICHD Research Planning Workshop.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-7 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Fetal heart rate categories
- Fetal heart rate monitoring
- Moderate variability accelerations
- NICHD research planning workshop
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Obstetrics and Gynecology