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Fetal ECG Readings Offer No Advantage Over Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor

NIH network finds similar results for infants delivered with, without ECG

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A new technology that tracks the electrical activity of the fetal heart offers no advantages over conventional technology in preventing birth complications, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health.

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The technology provides electrocardiogram(ECG) readings of a fetus’s heart during the birth process. An ECG records the heart’s electrical activity — the signal that spreads from…

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