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A new statistical method for assessing fetal heart rate (FHR) variability (ΔFHR) suggests 10 bpm is optimal. This finding validates current clinical practice and improves fetal well-being assessment during cardiotocography (CTG).

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Area of Science:

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Diagnostics

Background:

Cardiotocography (CTG) is essential for monitoring fetal well-being, utilizing fetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contractions.
Baseline FHR (BL) assessment is critical for detecting fetal hypoxia and distress.
Current CTG systems use fixed experimental values (ΔFHR = 8 or 10 bpm) for BL computation, lacking statistical validation.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a statistical procedure for assessing the FHR variability parameter (ΔFHR).
To determine a statistically validated ΔFHR value using clinical data.
To compare the statistically derived ΔFHR with experimentally fixed values.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Physionet CTU-UHB intrapartum CTG database (552 recordings).
Implemented an automated FHR preprocessing pipeline with linear interpolation for missing data.
Applied a statistical method to compute ΔFHR as FHR standard deviation within 20-min sliding windows.

Main Results:

Analyzed 1192 windows from 383 recordings (69.4%).
The statistically determined ΔFHR value was 9.7 bpm.
This value was statistically different from 8 bpm (P<10⁻¹⁹) but not from 10 bpm (P=0.16).

Conclusions:

The statistically derived ΔFHR of 9.7 bpm supports the experimental value of 10 bpm.
ΔFHR = 10 bpm is statistically validated and preferable to 8 bpm for clinical CTG applications.
This research enhances the reliability of fetal well-being assessment through improved BL determination.