Intraoperative Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) Monitoring: a Feasibility Study

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Conditions studied: Fetal Monitoring, Labor, Obstetric

In brief

Fetal heart rate \[FHR\] monitoring is used widely to assess the well-being of the baby in the delivery period. If it is determined that an urgent cesarean delivery is required because of fetal distress, FHR is discontinued once the mother is in the operating room in order to allow for surgical site preparation. From this point, there is no real-time monitoring that permits assessment of the well-being of the infant. The investigators are evaluating the feasibility of intraoperative FHR monitoring using fetal ECG placed on the mother's upper abdominal wall and the standard acoustic device routinely used. The investigators will compare these to the traditional well-being tests: umbilical arterial blood gas and Apgar score. The first 15 subjects will be recruited from pregnant women who have scheduled induction of labor. The subsequent 40 subjects will be recruited from pregnant women who have scheduled cesarean sections.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02950896

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

4

Starts

2016-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-10-29

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• First 15 patients only- Elective induction of labor, not yet in active labor.
• Subsequent 40 patients - Scheduled cesarean sections performed under spinal anesthesia
• Patients ages 18-45

You may not qualify if…

• Urgent or emergent cesarean sections
• Cesarean sections performed under general anesthesia

Where it is running

• Washington University St Louis School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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