Tweetable Abstract:
Intense fetal-physiology training by a dedicated CTG-Team helps to
improve the levels of confidence and agreement in CTG interpretation
Acronyms used:
- ACOG: American Colleague Obstetric and Gynaecologists (USA)
- Band-5 Midwife: Midwife within the preceptorship program
usually 1-2 years post qualification.
- Band-6 Midwife: Experienced or senior midwife who works
autonomously, usually 2 to 6 years post qualification
- Band-7 Midwife: Very senior midwife, usually <7
years post qualification and acting as co-ordinator or specialist
midwife
- Bpm: Beats per minute
- CTG: Cardiotocograph
- K: Kappa-value for reliability
- NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)
- NICHD: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
- PC: Proportion of concordance
- PIQUARD: Classificazione di Piquard, 1988 (Italy)
- STAN: ST-Analysis (Neoventa MedicalĀ®)