Acceptability of the fetal electrocardiographic (STAN) monitoring system by staff at a high risk maternity unit.

Aims: To assess staff acceptability of STAN monitoring system.

Methods: This was a prospective study of health care professionals involved in the first 18 months of STAN use at a high risk maternity unit.

Results: During the study period 75% of midwives and 80% of doctors questioned felt confident when interpreting STAN cases.

Maternal satisfaction and acceptability of foetal electrocardiographic (STAN®) monitoring system.

Objective: To assess the acceptability of the foetal electrocardiographic (STAN®) monitoring system by patients at a London Hospital, before its introduction into routine clinical care.

Method: This was a prospective questionnaire-based study of patients who were monitored in labour by foetal electrocardiographic (STAN®) monitoring system.

Results: Ninety-three percent (CI 85, 98) of the patients felt that the midwife(s) responsible for their intrapartum care took time to explain why their babies were being monitored continuously in the first instance.

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy in a case of postpartum eclampsia.

This case report describes an atypical presentation of eclampsia. A 26-year-old lady presented 5 days' postpartum with a series of grand mal seizures after an uneventful pregnancy and delivery. An MRI scan of the brain showed areas of low signal involving cerebral white matter and right cerebellum.