Computerized cardiotocography parameters in pregnant women affected by pregestational diabetes mellitus.

Aim: To evaluate whether computerized CTG (cCTG) is a reliable method of predicting neonatal outcome in pregnancies complicated by pregestational diabetes at term.

Patients And Methods: We considered 27 pregnant women affected by pregestational diabetes and 46 normal pregnancies as controls that fulfilled the following criteria: singleton, Caucasian, euglycemic pregnancies at term (>37 weeks gestational age). All women delivered by cesarean section (CS), with an antepartum cCTG performed within one hour before the CS and an UBGA available at birth.

Validity of short term variation (STV) in detection of fetal acidemia.

Aims: We aimed to establish a cut-off for short term variation (STV) in msec in electronic FHR tracings as a single parameter for the prediction of neonatal acidemia and hypercarbia at birth.

Methods: 195 consecutive cases of singleton pregnancies between 26 to 42 weeks' gestation delivered by cesarean section, with an antepartum tracing performed within 4 hours from birth and umbilical artery gas analysis (UBGA) available at birth.

Results: A positive correlation (r = 0.