Cardiotocography

In medicine , cardiotocography is a technical means of recording the fetal heartbeat and the uterine contractions during childbirth. CTG can be used to identify signs of fetal distress. (From the Wikpedia article Cardiotocography.)

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Recent Publications on Cardiotocography:
ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 106: Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring: nomenclature, interpretation, and general management principles. There has been a dramatic change in the way that resuscitation decisions...	17th November, 2009		Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Jul;114(1):192-202. DOI Direct Link
Atypical antipsychotic (clozapine) self-poisoning in late pregnancy presenting with absent fetal heart rate variability without acidosis and delayed peristalsis in the newborn baby: a case report. A case of an attempted suicide with atypical antipsychotic (clozapine) in...	5th November, 2009		Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2009 Aug;49(4):442-4. DOI Direct Link
Emergency cesarean section as a result of acute eosinophilic pneumonia during pregnancy. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia is a disease of unknown etiology...	24th October, 2009	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University School of	Tohoku J Exp Med. 2009 Nov;219(3):251-5.
Maternal-fetal outcome and prognosis of cardiac surgery during pregnancy. BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgery improves the maternal prognosis in cases...	20th October, 2009	Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina,	Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009 Jul;93(1):9-14.
The application of empirical mode decomposition for the enhancement of cardiotocograph signals. Cardiotocograph (CTG) is widely used in everyday clinical practice for...	10th October, 2009	Department of Electrical Electronic and Systems Engineering, University	Physiol Meas. 2009 Aug;30(8):729-43. Epub 2009 Jun 24. DOI Direct Link
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Cardiotocography Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7313424	Diagnosis of body metabolic emergency state
5724032	Method and apparatus for compressing and displaying digital data, particularly the heart rate of fetal monitors
5746212	Process and device for measuring vital fetal parameters during labor and delivery
5880093	Use of parathormone, its biologically active fragments and correlated peptides, for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions useful for the treatment of pregnancy
6024701	Method of and system for estimating placenta and fetus well being using system identification techniques
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