Publications by authors named "M Cardell"
CTG interpretation templates affect residents' decision making.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
June 2023
Objective: To study whether a revision of CTG guidelines and educational program influenced the perceived need for intervention by residents in obstetrics and gynecology. A secondary aim was to study the sensitivity and specificity of the classification pathological after classification by residents using two different guidelines in identifying neonates with acidemia.
Study Design: Cardiotocograms, CTGs, from 223 neonates with acidemia at birth (cord blood pH < 7.
Sporadic accelerations during labor strongly indicate normal pH, whereas periodic accelerations do not: a case-control study.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2023
Purpose: To determine the association between the occurrence of sporadic and periodic fetal heart rate accelerations during labor and acidemia at birth.
Materials And Methods: This is a case-control study of fetal heart rate patterns from 364 neonates with acidemia at birth (cord blood pH <7.05 at vaginal birth, or pH <7.
Impaired validity of the new FIGO and Swedish CTG classification templates to identify fetal acidosis in the first stage of labor.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the diagnostic effectiveness of three CTG templates (FIGO-15, SWE-17, and SWE-09) for detecting fetal acidosis during the first stage of labor at two hospitals in southern Sweden.
- Among 73 acidotic neonates, the analysis found that the sensitivity of the SWE-09 template was significantly higher (95%) compared to FIGO-15 (71%) and SWE-17 (77%), although it had a lower specificity (90%).
- The findings suggest that while SWE-09 is more sensitive, both FIGO-15 and SWE-17 offer high specificity in identifying acidemia during labor.