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Ultrasound-based fetal tracking technology during labor: is it the next best thing?

Kimmelin Hull

    The Journal of Perinatal Education
    |January 2, 2013
    PubMed

    In this column, the author reprises a recent selection from the Lamaze International research blog, Science & Sensibility. With the introduction of a new technology intended to acutely track fetal station and position during labor through birth, questions are being raised about the necessity-and possible danger-of this technology and its potential impact on normal birth.

    Keywords:
    GPS trackingLaborProelectronic fetal monitoringlabor and birthnormal birthultrasound

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