Table 5.
Outcomes of the Infants in the Fetoscope versus the Doppler Groups
| Outcomes | Fetoscope n = 1375 |
Doppler n = 1309 |
Effect measurea | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHR abnormalities | 49 (3.5) | 66 (5.0) | 1.42 (0.98, 2.03) | 0.064 |
| Abnormal FHR | 42 (3.1) | 56 (4.2) | 1.38 (0.93, 2.04) | 0.109 |
| Not measured FHR | 7 (0.5) | 10 (0.7) | 1.5 (0.57, 3.93) | 0.40 |
| Time interval admission to first abnormal FHR assessment (minutes) | 520 ± 386 | 429 ± 321 | 90.2 (−63.9, 244.3) | 0.248 |
| Time interval abnormal FHR to birth (minutes) | 90.8 ± 122 | 95.1 ± 132 | −4.34 (−58.2, 49.5) | 0.873 |
| Time interval last recorded FHR to birth (minutes) | 79.1 ± 185 | 79.5 ± 188 | −0.43 (−14.6, 13.8) | 0.952 |
| Cesarean Section | 286 (20.8) | 273 (20.9) | 1.00 (0.87, 1.16) | 0.972 |
| Bag mask ventilation | 82 (6.0) | 80 (6.1) | 1.03 (0.76, 1.38) | 0.872 |
| Apgar Score < 7 | ||||
| 1 Minute | 46 (3.3) | 43 (3.3) | 0.98 (0.65, 1.48) | 0.921 |
| 5 Minutes | 11 (0.8) | 10 (0.8) | 0.95 (0.40, 2.24) | 0.914 |
| Adverse perinatal outcome | 35 (2.5) | 32 (2.4) | 0.96 (0.59, 1.54) | 0.867 |
| Fresh stillbirths | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.2) | 0.78 (0.17, 3.51) | 0.527 |
| Early neonatal deaths | 5 (0.4) | 9 (0.7) | 1.89 (0.63, 5.63) | 0.244 |
| Admitted neonatal area | 26 (1.9) | 20 (1.5) | 0.81 (0.45, 1.44) | 0.475 |
Values given are n (%) unless otherwise stated
aEffect measure = Risk Ratio for categorical variables and Mean Difference for continuous variables