BACKGROUND: The physiological function of fetal hiccups and its correlation with fetal well-being is unexplored. No previous study examines the correlation between the maternal perception of the fetal hiccups and the antepartum cardiotocography. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between the fetal hiccups and antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters, in nonlaboring term singleton pregnancies.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
55
The investigator conducted antepartum surveillance through computerized cardiotocography (cCTG) analysis antepartum. This is a non-invasive method to study fetal well being. For each patient, a cCTG was attended using a computerized cardiotocography machine. External cCTG was practised for no less than 20 min (max 60 min), two transducers were fixed on the maternal abdomen: one above the fetal heart level and the other at the uterine fundus
Università degli studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"- OB & Gyn -
Napoli, Italia, Italy
The primary outcome was the correlation between the fetal hiccups and antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters, in nonlaboring term singleton pregnancies.
antepartum computerised cardiotocography parameters are the baseline fetal heart rate (Basal FHR), accelerations and decelerations, long-term FHR variation (LTV), short-term FHR variation (STV), episodes of high/low FHR variation and number of fetal movements for an hour (FM)
Time frame: pre-intervention
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