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Area of Science:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Perinatal Medicine
  • Fetal Monitoring

Background:

  • Admission cardiotocography is a common practice to identify pregnancies requiring continuous electronic fetal monitoring during labor.
  • The study aimed to compare neonatal outcomes between admission cardiotocography and intermittent auscultation of fetal heart rate.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of routine 20-minute admission cardiotocography in improving neonatal outcomes for low-risk pregnancies.
  • To compare the incidence of moderate to severe neonatal morbidity and perinatal mortality between admission cardiotocography and intermittent auscultation.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial involving 8580 low-risk women admitted to a Dublin teaching hospital's delivery ward.
  • Participants were assigned to either 20-minute admission cardiotocography or usual care (intermittent auscultation with continuous monitoring only if clinically indicated).
  • Primary outcome: moderate to severe neonatal morbidity or perinatal mortality (excluding major congenital malformations); intention-to-treat analysis was performed.

Main Results:

  • The primary endpoint occurred in 1.3% of women in both the admission cardiotocography group (56/4298) and the usual-care group (55/4282), with a relative risk of 1.01 (95% CI 0.70-1.47).
  • No significant differences were observed in other neonatal morbidity indices, caesarean delivery rates (RR 1.13), instrumental delivery rates (RR 1.03), or episiotomy rates (RR 1.06).
  • Admission cardiotocography led to increased use of continuous cardiotocography and fetal blood sampling.

Conclusions:

  • Routine 20-minute admission cardiotocography for low-risk pregnancies does not enhance neonatal outcomes.
  • The study suggests that the routine use of admission cardiotocography does not improve neonatal health and does not lead to a significant increase in operative deliveries, likely due to the concurrent use of fetal blood sampling.